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Performing post mortem PCR is not mandatory for all deaths, Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena said. Issuin…

While issuing an extraordinary gazette notification the Health Ministry announced that people should not enter public places witho…

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa underwent a minor spinal surgery at the Nawaloka Hospital on Monday and is recovering well from t…

With COVID infections among school children on the rise, the number of students in a classroom should be limited, health officials…

With the number of COVID cases surpassing 600 mark yesterday (04) after two weeks, Deputy Director General of Health Services Dr. …

While stating that the Omicron COVID-19 variant was not only confined to certain areas from where Omicron cases had been detected,…

Kandy District Epidemiologist Dr. Pasan Jayasinghe said the COVID-19 pandemic in the Kandy District had been brought under control…

Health guidelines are being grossly violated during the last few days before Christmas and the New Year with some shopping malls i…

Litro Gas Lanka today announced that Litro Gas operations will recommence from today, as per the approval given by the Consumer Af…

he Health Ministry has observed public hesitancy in getting the booster dose of COVID-19, Director General of Health Services Dr A…

Three new cases of Omicron COVID variant have been reported in Sri Lanka, Dr Chandima Jeewandara, the head of the Department of Im…

The Health Ministry has issued a set of updated guidelines to be followed by general public from December 16 to 31 in which restri…

The National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) will no longer be in operation as it has been converte…

X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship X-Press Pearl, has signed a contract with Shanghai Salvage Company (SCC)for the r…

As the festive season is just around the corner, the regional Public Health Inspectors have been informed to take legal action tho…

The Public Health Inspectors Union (PHIU) claimed that the Health Ministry had not officially informed them about the woman who wa…

Referring to the newly detected COVID-19 variant, Omicron, the Health authorities said they could only delay the new variant enter…

Adherence to health guidelines in the public transport system which was commendable in the beginning, has become very poor now, Pu…

While saying that the demand for Pfizer vaccine has fairly gone down, the Health Ministry said the vulnerable people still forgo v…

A mobile phone was recovered from former MP Ranjan Ramanayake, who is currently at the Welikada Prison Hospital last night . Ranja…

A consignment of 1.5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in the country this morning (22). Ada Deran…

It has been impossible to recognize the origin of the COVID-19 patients who are being detected at present in the country, Health o…

The government has decided to extend the Rs. 10,000 nutrition package provided for 10 months to 24 months to improve the nutrition…

Following the opening of the country after the Covid epidemic and the relaxation of health guidelines, the number of daily passeng…

COVID clusters have been identified in five districts in the country, Director General of Health Services Dr Asela Gunawardena sai…