Health News

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…

The health ministry has issued the relevant health guidelines to resume private tuition classes from today. As a result, private t…

Those above 60 years of age will be administered with Pfizer vaccine as booster dose from tomorrow (17), State Minister Channa Jay…

Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella today said he doubted whether the recent protests staged by teachers and principals violating…

There is a slight increase in the number of children being hospitalised with COVID-19, Health officials said. Dr. Channa de Silva,…

The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 15 coronavirus related deaths for November 06, increasing the death …

The Attorney General has given the green light to make the vaccination card mandatory for the general public when they enter publi…

The possibility of transmitting Covid-19 from child to child or from child to an adult was minimum, a medical specialist said yest…

A total of 202,000 Pfizer vaccines arrived from Doha at the Bandaranaike International Airport on a Qatar Airways flight last nigh…

According to the priority list given by the Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) today, said the senior citizens and th…

The UK has opened up for Sri Lankan nationals who can now enter the country by providing proof of their vaccinations as Sri Lankan…

Australia eased its international border restrictions on Monday for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic, allowing some …

With relaxing of internal border controls and other restrictions, health authorities have urged people to act with a sense of resp…

Sri Lanka is on high alert over a new coronavirus variant named A.30, which can evade Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. St…

The European Union (EU) has granted a further EUR 2 million in funding to help Sri Lanka in its efforts to manage the pandemic. Th…