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The Sri Lanka Army began its mobile vaccination drive under the National Vaccination Programme launched on the directive of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after a brief ceremony at the Army Headquarters in Sri Jayawardhanapura with the…

The United National Party (UNP) yesterday (12) unveiled 21 new policy proposals for the country to be healthy and economically secure. The UNP Working Committee unanimously adopted the 21 point plan. This will be distributed to…

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday urged the Government to convene an All Party Conference (APC) to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. The SJB also said if requested it was prepared to support the Government’s COVID-19 control…

World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus suggested Wednesday that unless things change, the world could see 100 million more cases of COVID-19 by the early months of next year. “At the current…

In view of the prevailing COVID situation, Police have taken action to strictly enforce travel restrictions between provinces with roadblocks even at by-roads used to cross borders. Persons travelling from one province to another…

A free webinar on Child Rights Violations - Protection and Prevention Mechanisms will be conducted in English on the 12th August 2021 at 7.00 pm, and will include panelists Kate Norton, Roma Ranasinghe, Asitha G. Punchihewa and…

The National Operation Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 had identified 2,922 positive cases by this morning. The majority positive cases were detected from the Colombo district (511 cases).

A Gazette Notification is to be issued tomorrow (August 12) stipulating a maximum fee for PCR tests and Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT), said the Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi. Accordingly, a maximum charge of Rs. 6,500 has…

2,244 more individuals recovered from COVID-19. The total number of recoveries from COVID-19 in the country surpasses 300,000 mark as per the Epidemiology Unit’s tally. It is at 300,406 and there are only 33,346 active cases…

The Sri Lanka Army vaccination drive for the elderly, sick, handicapped and feeble sections will commence in Western Province from tomorrow morning (August 12) at the Army Headquarters, Sri Jayawardenapura as per directions given by…