Sri Lanka has today received 2.3 million doses of Sinopharm vaccines from China freighted by two SriLankan Airlines aircraft, the airport duty manager...
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The country has reached its worst and highest level in the COVID pandemic, the Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) General Secretary Dr. N...
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Travel restrictions should be further tightened up to 80 to 90 per cent and the imposed restrictions should be implemented perfectly, the Government M...
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Under the programme of providing the COVID vaccine for people who are above 60 years of age and above, the government has decided to gather informatio...
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State Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana says that another one million doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine are scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka tomo...
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The quarantine curfew which has been declared for ten days, should be extended by at least ten more days to successfully curtail the spike in Covid-19...
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In a situation where patients infected with COVID-19 are detected every part of the country with no origin, Deputy Director General of Health Services...
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At least 43 per cent of the population has received either single vaccine or both doses as of up to now, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. ...
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Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO) Soumya Swaminathan said vaccination against Covid -19 can prevent new variants arising by reduc...
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People over 60 years of age and those with cronic illnesses in the Western Province who have not received the first dose of the Covid vaccine will be ...
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As COVID19 patients has seen a sudden spike across Sri Lanka in recent days, all major hospitals especially in the Western Province have run out of be...
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Sri Lanka’s daily COVID-19 cases count could be several times higher than the official figures, says the Vice Chairman of Sri Lanka Medical Associat...
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Sri Lanka has today received two million doses of Sinopharm vaccines from China freighted by two SriLankan Airlines aircraft, the airport duty manager...
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As a severe health crisis unfolds in Sri Lanka, the Health Ministry yesterday said that those who had tested positive for COVID-19 but were showing no...
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While claiming that Sri Lanka is exploring the possibility of vaccinating school children, Pfizer is the leading Covid-19 vaccine candidate to be admi...
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At the end of 2020 total foreign currency obligations stood at USD 6.8 billion. This includes a settlement of USD 1 billion ISB maturing in July. “W...
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The health authorities have taken note of warnings by world-renowned Sri Lankan born virologist of Hong Kong University Prof. Malik Peiris that Sri La...
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Another batch of 104,000 doses of the "Pfizer" vaccine manufactured in the US, was brought to the country this morning to be used as the second dose, ...
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Head of the Presidential Task Force for National Deployment of Vaccines Lalith Weeratunga today assured that the consignment of 725,000 doses of Astra...
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With nearly 57 percent of target population having administered with at least a dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Sri Lanka has been able to surpass the globa...
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The government of China has donated 1.6 million more doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka to boost the national inoculation drive. A speci...
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Every year, around 800 people die of drowning in Sri Lanka and it is the second prime cause of death from unintentional accidents, the Health Ministry...
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Sri Lanka is expecting another batch of Sinopharm vaccines, says the State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals. According...
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