LNP - Pfizer agrees to supply 5 million doses vaccines

2021-04-23   |   Health

Pfizer has agreed to supply five million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka under a commercial agreement with the State Pharmaceuticals Corpor...

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LNP - Health authorities issue red alert over COVID-19

2021-04-21   |   Health

Health authorities issued a coronavirus red alert last night as an increase in patients being admitted to hospitals was observed. The Health Promotion...

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LNP - Muralitharan stable after being hospitalised for cardiac treatment

2021-04-19   |   Health

Muttiah Muralitharan was admitted to a hospital in Chennai, India on Sunday (April 17) morning for cardiac treatment. Last heard, Sri Lanka’s cricke...

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LNP - Coronavirus: India overtakes Brazil as second-worst hit country

2021-04-13   |   Health

India reported another record daily surge in coronavirus infections Monday to overtake Brazil as the second-worst hit country. The 168,912 cases added...

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LNP - Sinopharm vaccine won’t be given to Lankans until safety aspect ensured: Pavithra

2021-04-09   |   Health

China’s Sinopharm vaccine will not be given to Sri Lankans until the safety aspect of the vaccine is ensured by the health authorities, Health Minis...

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LNP - Three COVID-19 infections of Denmark variant detected from Colombo

2021-04-09   |   Health

Denmark lineage of COVID-19 has been identified in virus samples collected from 03 persons in the community in Colombo, says Dr Chandima Jeewandara, D...

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LNP - Infectious Diseases Forum alleges bungling in ongoing vaccination

2021-03-01   |   Health

In a statement on “maldistribution of Covid 19 vaccine,” the Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Forum of Sri Lanka, last week warned that if the el...

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LNP - Clinical England complete clean-sweep despite Embuldeniya’s heroics

2021-01-27   |   Health

At the start of Day 4 of the second Test, England had lost nine wickets in the first innings, still trailing by 42 at that stage. However, both team...

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LNP - Was the coronavirus only an excuse for postponement?

2021-01-07   |   Health

Government authorities fixed a date for electing a Basnayake Nilame for a highly popular Devalaya in the deep South on the request of the political ch...

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LNP - Medical specialists urge govt to sound WHO on anti-Covid-19 vaccine

2020-12-25   |   Health

A group of medical specialists has requested Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Pandemic Control Minister Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle to appris...

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LNP - Sanstha Cement to commence operations in June

2020-12-10   |   Health

State-of-the-art cement manufacturing facility Lanwa Sanstha Cement Corporation (Pvt) Ltd which is slated to be one of the largest in the region is ...

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LNP - Health Ministry not comfortable with Sri Lanka’s tour of South Africa

2020-12-09   |   Health

Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry is not comfortable with the proposed tour of South Africa, according to the highly placed sources. Sri Lanka Cricket (SL...

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LNP - Mahara prison riot: How pills meant for mental patients triggered violence

2020-12-02   |   Health

A high-level investigation into the Mahara Prison riot took an unexpected turn yesterday (1) following the revelation that the prison dispensary had s...

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LNP-They jostled with no care for health precautions!

2020-10-31   |   Health

When this provincial chief assumed duties in his new office the other day, a large number of political cronies and white-collar high-ups flocked to hi...

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LNP - China grants Rs. 16.5 billion to improve medical care, education and water supply

2020-10-12   |   Health

China has extended a grant of Rs. 16.5 billion to improve medical care, education and water supply in rural areas of Sri Lanka. An Agreement on Econom...

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LNP - COVID case detected: Factory, hospital staff quarantined

2020-10-05   |   Health

A 39-year-old woman from Divulapitiya has tested positive for COVID-19, Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva said yesterday. The garment employee...

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LNP - SLC make fresh bid to ask Health Ministry to reconsider 14-day quarantine for Bangladesh tour

2020-09-21   |   Health

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) made a fresh attempt to convince Health Ministry officials to reconsider their position, that the Bangladesh cricket team wo...

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LNP - India’s economic growth hit by record slump following virus lockdown

2020-09-03   |   Health

(Mumbai) AFP: India’s economic growth suffered a historic 23.9 percent decline between April and June, official figures showed Monday, as manufact...

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LNP-Sports SLC to meet health authorities to get green light for LPL

2020-08-04   |   Health

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will meet the country’s health authorities on Tuesday to seek their approval and guidelines to conduct the much-awaited th...

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MR dismisses second wave of COVID-19 infections

2020-07-17   |   Health

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday dismissed fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections sweeping the country, attributing them to statement...

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LNP - Not necessary to impose curfew: Health DG

2020-07-16   |   Health

It is not necessary to impose a lock-down in the country in a situation where the COVID-19 is not widespread, Director General of Health Services, D...

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LNP - Prez assures people protection from COVID-19 pandemic

2020-07-15   |   Health

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today assured that the people would be protected from the COVID-19 pandemic by mitigating the risk of the virus spreading...

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LNP - Kandakadu fears baseless – Health DG

2020-07-15   |   Health

Rumours being spread that Covid-19 infected persons of the Kandakadu cluster have been reported from various parts of the island are baseless, Directo...

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LNP - June vehicle registrations reach pre-pandemic levels as pent-up demand leads to heavy buying

2020-07-13   |   Health

Vehicle registrations in June picked up to pre-pandemic levels as pent-up demand kicked in with the gradual easing of lockdowns from mid May with peop...

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LNP - Coronavirus count in Sri Lanka climbs to 2,612

2020-07-13   |   Health

Five arrivals from Belarus have tested positive for COVID-19 raising the total number of cases reported in the country. Thereby the tally of virus-pos...

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