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The Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today (15) stated that the Government has planned to vaccinate children over 12 years of age against COVID-19 and the programme in this regard will be initiated step by step. Prime Minister…

Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts, stated the Meteorology Department. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in…

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The Government has decided to purchase 100 metric tonnes of oxygen from India next week for COVID-19 treatment centres, stated the Secretary to the Ministry of Health.

The National Operation Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 had identified 3,152 positive cases by this morning. The majority positive cases were detected from the Colombo district (640 cases)

A total of 3,263 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 351,533.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa informed the health officials to pay special attention to those who are above the age of 60 and are suffering from chronic non-communicable diseases. According to the investigations conducted into the…

155 deaths reported due to COVID-19 within 24-hours, stated the Department of Government Information

Army personnel attached to the mobile vaccination fleet administering the COVID-19 vaccine to an elderly person at her residence in Wellawatte yesterday. Picture by Rukmal Gamage

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Tissa Attanayake yesterday said that the Government should at least now invite all members of Parliament irrespective of their parties to discuss the measures to be taken to arrest the…