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More than 20,000 COVID-19 patients have been reported from all districts in the country within last seven days, of which nearly 10…

Some private hospitals have completely violated Health Ministry guidelines when conducting PCR tests and exceeded their capacities…

The State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka (SPC) has been able to secure 32 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for Sri Lan…

While saying that it will not be long before the hospitals are flooded with patients, completely inundated and the medical staff a…

While warning the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths could surge further in the coming weeks, State Minister Dr. Sudarshini Ferna…

With the vast escalation of COVID positive cases in the country, the capacity to accommodate the patients is reaching beyond maxim…

Next consignment of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines will arrive in Sri Lanka on May 25 (Tuesday), says State Minister of Production…

Despite an announcement by the Mayor of Colombo, Rosy Senanayake and other government officials over the weekend that Sri Lanka ha…

All travellers arriving from overseas including Sri Lankans should be mandatorily quarantined at a Quarantine facility until comp…

A total of 50,493 Sri Lankans were administered with the first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine within today. According to the Epidem…

More than 40 vaccination centres have been established in the Western Province to provide the first dose of China’s Sinopharm va…

The largest COVID treatment hospital in the country was opened in Seeduwa yesterday by the Army Commander, Gen. Shavendra Silva. T…

The Government has decided to expedite the use of the Ayurvedic hospital system to manage the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in t…

Clinical tests have confirmed that the syrup introduced by Ayurvedic practitioner Dhammika Bandara is not a cure for the COVID-19 …

Sri Lanka will roll out the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine starting from tomorrow (May 06), says State Minister of Production, Supply …

More than 63 percent of the Sri Lankan population can be comprehensively vaccinated before the end of this year, Minister of Healt…

The COVID-19 crisis has hit workers across the world, particularly women, who are over-represented in low-paid precarious sectors …

Sri Lanka has received the first batch of Sputnik V COVID-19 purchased from Russia. State Minister of Production, Supply and Regul…

While saying that oxygen is considered the most important medical need for COVID-19 at present, the Association of Medical Special…

One of the leading Covid-19 researcher and head of Jayawardenapura University’s Immunology and Molecular Sciences Department, Pr…

State Minister Sisira Jayakody says that permission has been granted to utilize Ayurveda Hospitals to treat coronavirus patients. …

A 2,000 bed field hospital will be built in Warallawatta in Gampaha to cope with present pandemic situation,Tourism Minister Prasa…

Forecasts economy to grow 4.1% in 2021 and to moderate to 3.6% in 2022 The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) flagship annual econom…

Sri Lanka and China agreed to enhance defence cooperation, particularly in terms of high level exchanges and training, informed so…

While saying that the capacity in hospitals where COVID patients were treated had exceeded, Director General of Health Services Dr…