LNP - AG gives green light to make vaccination card mandatory: Keheliya

2021-11-08   |   Health

The Attorney General has given the green light to make the vaccination card mandatory for the general public when they enter public places, Health Min...

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LNP - COVID transmission from child to child minimal: Medical specialist

2021-11-08   |   Health

The possibility of transmitting Covid-19 from child to child or from child to an adult was minimum, a medical specialist said yesterday. Paediatric Re...

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LNP - Over 200,000 Pfizer vaccines arrive

2021-11-08   |   Health

A total of 202,000 Pfizer vaccines arrived from Doha at the Bandaranaike International Airport on a Qatar Airways flight last night, authorities said....

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LNP - Prioritise vaccinating 60 plus and elders suffering from non-communicable diseases: GMOA

2021-11-02   |   Health

According to the priority list given by the Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) today, said the senior citizens and the elders who suffer ...

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LNP - UK now recognizes Sri Lanka’s vaccination cards

2021-11-02   |   Health

The UK has opened up for Sri Lankan nationals who can now enter the country by providing proof of their vaccinations as Sri Lankan travelers, from Nov...

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LNP - Australia eases international border restrictions for first time in pandemic

2021-11-01   |   Health

Australia eased its international border restrictions on Monday for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic, allowing some of its vaccinated pu...

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LNP - Easing restrictions is a gamble that might backfire: Health authorities

2021-11-01   |   Health

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

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LNP - SL on alert over new vaccine resistant COVID variant

2021-11-01   |   Health

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

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LNP - EU grants EUR 2 Mn to SL for COVID-19 health response

2021-10-29   |   Health

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

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LNP - How arrivals can now complete the health declaration at BIA in 20 seconds

2021-10-28   |   Health

The government yesterday said that the new health declaration system inaugurated at the BIA was one of its kind which would enable passenger to comple...

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LNP - Discussions in making vaccine cards mandatory underway: Health Ministry

2021-10-27   |   Health

The matter with regard to making the vaccination card mandatory when entering public places is being discussed by relevant stakeholders, the Health Mi...

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LNP - COVID situation at National Hospital under control: Health officials

2021-10-26   |   Health

The number of normal and ICU admissions of COVID-19 patients has drastically come down at the Colombo National Hospital and thereby the situation at t...

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LNP - Pfizer vaccine to A/L students islandwide from today

2021-10-21   |   Health

Administering the Pfizer vaccine to students aged between 18 and 19 would take place at their respective schools throughout the country from today, a ...

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LNP - WHO warns Covid pandemic will drag on into 2022

2021-10-21   |   Health

The Covid pandemic will "go on for a year longer than it needs to" because poorer countries are not getting the vaccines they need, the World Health O...

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LNP -University students to be given Pfizer vaccine as booster dose

2021-10-14   |   Health

University students fully vaccinated with Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine will be given a booster of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, says the Director-General of ...

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LNP - Sri Lanka’s COVID vaccination figures grow further

2021-10-14   |   Health

Sri Lanka has fully vaccinated 85 percent of its population aged above 20 years, according to Epidemiology Unit’s data. This amounts to 67.2 percent...

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LNP - IMF lowers Sri Lanka’s outlook on persistent pandemic pressures

2021-10-14   |   Health

Cites supply chain issues, higher prices make recovery difficult and uneven Advocates for aggressive vaccination to look past pandemic for durable re...

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LNP - 10-30 % of total infected patients suffer from post-COVID symptoms

2021-10-14   |   Health

Shedding light on post-COVID condition in Sri Lanka and control measures, a medical expert said at least 10 to 30% of total patients infected with COV...

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LNP - COVID vaccine: University students too show reluctance

2021-10-13   |   Health

There is still hesitancy shown by youth in getting COVID-19 vaccination and in particular, the university students have also been hesitant to get them...

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LNP - Adults, women at excess risk for COVID re-infection: Latest research

2021-10-06   |   Health

A latest foreign research highlighted that adults, women, immunocompromised individuals and those with prior hospitalization for COVID-19 are at exces...

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LNP - Dengue stings amid COVID-19; similar symptoms a concern

2021-10-06   |   Health

Amidst the threat of COVID-19 and the consequent lockdown, health authorities have sounded an alert on cases of dengue, which have started to emerge d...

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LNP - Health Ministry deeply concerned about Long-COVID symptoms

2021-10-05   |   Health

In the wake of what was revealed in a recent study on core long-COVID-19 symptoms, the Health ministry is compelled to pay a special attention on the ...

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LNP - Convene ACCD to inoculate Pfizer for 16-19 age group healthy children: GMOA requests Health DG

2021-10-05   |   Health

The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) requested the Health Services Director General to convene the Advisory Committee on Communicable D...

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LNP - A record surgery on kidney stones sans full anaesthesia at Kalutara Teaching Hospital

2021-10-04   |   Health

For the first time in Sri Lanka, the stone that occupied the entire kidney of a patient was removed in a surgery called ‘Mini PCNL (Percutaneous Nep...

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LNP - Nine core long-COVID symptoms identified in a new study

2021-10-04   |   Health

A new study has underlined nine core long-COVID symptoms, occurring 90-180 days after COVID-19 was diagnosed, Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, Director of the...

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