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The vaccine roll out largely has been handled by medical and military authorities who are busy trying to keep up with heavy demand. However, in rural areas many older adults and differently-abled lack transport amenities to visit COVID-19…

The second Kumbal Perahera of the Kandy Esala Perahera parading the streets on Saturday night. Picture by Ruwan Meegammana.

Thirty monks at a Pirivena in Hanthana, Kandy have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Since none of the monks are showing any adverse health effects, steps have been taken to isolate the infected within the Pirivena itself.…

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna yesterday urged the public to take all necessary steps to ensure their own safety including self-imposed restrictions to control the spread of COVID 19. The JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake while…

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa proposed to the Government not to proceed with the proposed Parliamentary sessions from today (August 16) due to the risk with the country’s deteriorating COVID-19…

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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.

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…