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224 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, said the Police Media Spokesperson Ajith Rohana. So far 49,643 suspects have been arrested for not wearing face masks and…

Cabinet of Ministers has granted their consent to establish nine video evidence recording units at the provincial level to record evidence of child abuse victims, Co-cabinet Spokesman Mass Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said.…

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Environment to prepare a strategic plan for promoting the use of electric vehicles in Sri Lanka. According to the Department of Motor Traffic, the…

4,853 persons were undergoing quarantine at 75 hotels and tri service-managed Quarantine Centres as at this morning, stated the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19.

The Ministry of Health has launched an expeditious project to provide essential medical equipment to island wide hospitals under the Covid Control and Suppression Program. Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Minister of Health today (13)…

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

A total of 1,413 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka today, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 277,519 and 247,569 of them have made…

The Government of Japan has decided to provide approximately 1.45 million doses of AstraZeneca's (AZ) vaccine manufactured in Japan to Sri Lanka through the COVAX Facility to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka. The…

A stock of one million syringes provided by China for the vaccination programme was airlifted to Colombo from Shanghai on SriLankan Airlines UL 867 yesterday morning. Here the stocks being unloaded at the BIA. (Picture by T.K.G.…

The Security Forces yesterday completed the first dosage vaccination of workers of the Biyagama Free Trade Zone (FTZ) using the Sinopharm vaccine. Here a FTZ employee gets the jab. (Picture by Sulochana Gamage)