Recommendations from top Medical Professors towards an exit strategy
Six Chair Professors of Medicine (and Specialist Physicians) in Sri Lanka have expressed their opinion on an exit strategy from the current COVID-19 l...
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Medical experts demand more tests to fight possible upsurge
Medical experts have warned that Sri Lanka needs to expand the availability of more COVID-19 tests to battle a possible upsurge in the coming weeks. S...
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Covid-19 patient at Kalubowila sends 15 patients and 20 staff into quarantine
Subsequent to the identification of a covert COVID-19 patient at the Teaching Hospital in Kalubowila, 15 patients and 20 staff members who came into c...
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120 COVID-19 patients in Sri Lanka
Three more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Sri Lanka to 120, the Health Ministry said.The m...
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Medicine to doorstep
The Rajya Osu Sala of the State Pharmaceutical Corporation has taken steps to send medicines to people's doorsteps on request. The government said onl...
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Italy’s coronavirus death toll is higher than China’s
Army medical staff disinfect coffins being kept in a church near Bergamo, Italy(DM) Italy, (Daily Mail), 28 March 2020 - Italy’s c...
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Abans donates to hospitals across island
Many responsible citizens have been joining in to support the efforts of the government to fight COVID-19 and the Abans group too has lent a hand.&nbs...
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Navy introduces full-body disinfection chamber
The Sri Lanka Navy has developed a disinfection chamber to prevent and control the spread of new coronavirus. Navy said the Eastern Naval Command and ...
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India declares 21-day ’total lockdown’ as coronavirus cases rise
India's 1.3 billion people will go under "total lockdown" for 21 days to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi s...
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Hantavirus kills man in China; but it’s not a new virus
eports of a person in China dying due to a virus called 'hantavirus' have spread panic at a time when the world is battling the pandemic of novel coro...
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86 total COVID-19 patients identified so far in SL
Five more patients have been tested positive for the virus since yesterday (22) in Sri Lanka, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 86, Minis...
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Military trucks transport coronavirus victims’ coffins to be cremated
Army trucks drive along a road in Bergamo yesterday in what Italians have described as one of the ‘saddest’ images in the country’s history (DM)...
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Ready to help India with epidemic prevention experience: China
People wearing protective face masks (HT) Beijing, (Hindustan Times), 19 March 2020 - China on Thursday said it was ready to share i...
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Number of COVID-19 patients rises to 70
The number of COVID-19 contracted patients in the country has increased to 70 by now, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said....
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Number of COVID-19 patients rises to 50
The number of patients infected by COVID-19 has increased to 50, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said. Speaking at the National Operation Centr...
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Health Ministry says no Chinese nationals under observation for COVID
The Health Ministry, yesterday reiterated that the country was not at risk from the Chinese nationals who had recently returned back to Sri Lanka for ...
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CMC closes down parks, clinics, libraries, gyms and sports grounds
The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has decided to close down all of its recreational parks including the Vihara Maha Devi Park, clinics, sports groun...
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Had people feared viruses they wouldn’t have climbed Sri Pada for so long: Prelate
The Chief incumbent of Sri Padasthanaya Ven. Bengamuwe Dammadinna Thera said on Monday that the pilgrimage would continue until the Vesak full Moon Da...
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IPL could go ’TV-only’ over virus: official
The Indian Premier League could be played behind closed doors because of the new coronavirus, an official told AFP on Thursday, as calls grew to cance...
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Oil sinks on Saudi move; equities lose early puff on virus fear
(London) AFP: Oil prices tumbled yesterday after Saudi Arabia and Gulf partner UAE stepped up the price war with plans to flood the global markets whi...
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‘Medicare 2020’ national healthcare exhibition begins at BMICH
‘Medicare 2020’, the national healthcare exhibition opened for the 11th consecutive year at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hal...
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Pope tested negative for coronavirus
Vatican, (daily Mail), 3 March 2020 - Pope Francis has tested negative for coronavirus after he was forced to cancel a series of engagements las...
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