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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 ma…

The health authorities have taken note of warnings by world-renowned Sri Lankan born virologist of Hong Kong University Prof. Mali…

Another batch of 104,000 doses of the "Pfizer" vaccine manufactured in the US, was brought to the country this morning to be used …

Head of the Presidential Task Force for National Deployment of Vaccines Lalith Weeratunga today assured that the consignment of 72…

With nearly 57 percent of target population having administered with at least a dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Sri Lanka has been able …

The government of China has donated 1.6 million more doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka to boost the national inocul…

Every year, around 800 people die of drowning in Sri Lanka and it is the second prime cause of death from unintentional accidents,…

Sri Lanka is expecting another batch of Sinopharm vaccines, says the State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharma…

More than 5.8 million (5,876,282) persons above 30 years in the country have been vaccinated with the first dose of the Covid19 va…

Sri Lanka has received another consignment of over 70,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine this morning. State Minist…

Sri Lanka will receive its largest donation of COVID-19 vaccines this month after China has decided to grant 1.6 million Sinopharm…

Thirty six percent of the total population above 30 years of age in Sri Lanka has been administered with at least the first dose o…

Japan has decided to provide 1.45 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured there to Sri Lanka through the COVAX Facility …

UNICEF today handed over a consignment of critical equipment to the Ministry of Health, to support the government’s response to …

There is a threat of maintaining fewer social connections for children of all ages who have indulged in online activities for the …

Director-General of Health Services will issue revised guidelines, lifting several restrictions, which need to be followed by peop…

The Pfizer vaccination in Colombo which was underway as the second dose for the AstraZeneca vaccine, has been postponed as the Ast…

A stock of 50,000 Russian made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines were brought to the country this morning, the airport Duty Manager said…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday instructed health sector officials to vaccinate all the people above the age of 30 in the W…

Medical teams of the Directorate of Preventive Medicine of the Army will establish new ‘walk in’ Community Vaccination Centres…

The Cabinet of Ministers this week granted approval to obtain U$ $150 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to roll o…

The medical experts have warned that the Indian variant known as Delta would be the dominant variant in the country in about ten w…

The Cabinet of Ministers this week granted approval to obtain U$ $150 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to roll o…

In a major boost to its vaccine drive, Sri Lanka will receive one million doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines next month through th…

The Health Ministry today introduced a new hotline number 1390 to create a new process to properly care the COVID-19 patients at h…