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Subsequent to the identification of a covert COVID-19 patient at the Teaching Hospital in Kalubowila, 15 patients and 20 staff mem…

Three more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Sri Lanka to 120, the Health…

The Rajya Osu Sala of the State Pharmaceutical Corporation has taken steps to send medicines to people's doorsteps on request. The…

Army medical staff disinfect coffins being kept in a church near Bergamo, Italy(DM)   Italy, (Daily Mail), 28 March 2020…

Many responsible citizens have been joining in to support the efforts of the government to fight COVID-19 and the Abans group too …

The Sri Lanka Navy has developed a disinfection chamber to prevent and control the spread of new coronavirus. Navy said the Easter…

India's 1.3 billion people will go under "total lockdown" for 21 days to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Mini…

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 pa…

Five more patients have been tested positive for the virus since yesterday (22) in Sri Lanka, bringing the total number of COVID-1…

Army trucks drive along a road in Bergamo yesterday in what Italians have described as one of the ‘saddest’ images in the coun…

People wearing protective face masks (HT)   Beijing, (Hindustan Times), 19 March 2020 -  China on Thursday said it …

The number of COVID-19 contracted patients in the country has increased to 70 by now, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said.…

The number of patients infected by COVID-19 has increased to 50, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said. Speaking at the Nati…

The Health Ministry, yesterday reiterated that the country was not at risk from the Chinese nationals who had recently returned ba…

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has decided to close down all of its recreational parks including the Vihara Maha Devi Park, c…

The Chief incumbent of Sri Padasthanaya Ven. Bengamuwe Dammadinna Thera said on Monday that the pilgrimage would continue until th…

The Indian Premier League could be played behind closed doors because of the new coronavirus, an official told AFP on Thursday, as…

(London) AFP: Oil prices tumbled yesterday after Saudi Arabia and Gulf partner UAE stepped up the price war with plans to flood th…

‘Medicare 2020’, the national healthcare exhibition opened for the 11th consecutive year at the Bandaranaike Memorial Internat…

Vatican, (daily Mail), 3 March 2020 -  Pope Francis has tested negative for coronavirus after he was forced to cancel a serie…

Transfer of former minister Rajitha Senaratne from Lanka Hospital to the Prisons Hospital has been suspended, sources said.They sa…

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A vast tract of paddy land in a certain village is being filled for a commercial purpose under the direction of a prominent politi…