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WorldTags: OmicronCOVID19coronavirusPfizer-BioNTechPfizer and BioNTech have said a booster jab of their coronavirus vaccine promises to be an effective defence against the new Omicron variant.   Three doses provide a similar level of…

Local Tags: COVID19 coronavirus Sri Lanka 22 deaths reported due to COVID-19 within 24-hours, stated the Department of Government Information Thursday, December 9, 2021 - 19:00

WorldPhilippine Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa talks to media upon her arrival at Oslo Airport Gardermoen after arriving in Norway to receive the Nobel Prize. Tags: Print EditionNORWAY: Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, this…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Sialkot District Bar Association has refused to represent the suspects in the murder case of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara in court, Pakistani media reported. Expressing grief over the ghastly…

WorldTags: WHOCOVID19coronavirusOmicronGovernments need to reassess national responses to COVID-19 and speed up vaccination programmes to tackle Omicron, though it is it too early to say how well existing shots will protect against the…

LocalTags: Sri LankaPfizerVaccineBooster ShotBooster DosecoronavirusCOVID19The booster dose/third dose (Pfizer) for people who are above 30 years will be administered from tomorrow within the city of Colombo, said the CMC regional…

WorldCDS General Bipin Rawat with General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, Chief of General Staff, Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during meeting in Orenburg, Russia in this file photo. (PTI Photo)Tags: Print EditionINDIA:…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Elections Commission is preparing for the forthcoming Pradeshiya Sabha, Urban Council and Municipal Council elections,Chairman Nimal G. Punchihewa said. He told the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) for…

WorldTags: CoffinSuicide machineSwitzerlandAcoffin-shaped capsule, which promises relatively painless and peaceful death in under one minute, has cleared legal review in Switzerland, its makers claimed. The death occurs through hypoxia…

SportsTags: Print EditionTravis Head thumped a century in a session to rip the game away from England after they briefly clawed their way back into the contest following another morning of self-destruction. Head made the joint…