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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…

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

The matter with regard to making the vaccination card mandatory when entering public places is being discussed by relevant stakeho…

The number of normal and ICU admissions of COVID-19 patients has drastically come down at the Colombo National Hospital and thereb…

Administering the Pfizer vaccine to students aged between 18 and 19 would take place at their respective schools throughout the co…

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

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

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

Cites supply chain issues, higher prices make recovery difficult and uneven Advocates for aggressive vaccination to look past pan…

Shedding light on post-COVID condition in Sri Lanka and control measures, a medical expert said at least 10 to 30% of total patien…

There is still hesitancy shown by youth in getting COVID-19 vaccination and in particular, the university students have also been …

A latest foreign research highlighted that adults, women, immunocompromised individuals and those with prior hospitalization for C…

Amidst the threat of COVID-19 and the consequent lockdown, health authorities have sounded an alert on cases of dengue, which have…

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 speci…

The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) requested the Health Services Director General to convene the Advisory Committ…

For the first time in Sri Lanka, the stone that occupied the entire kidney of a patient was removed in a surgery called ‘Mini PC…

A new study has underlined nine core long-COVID symptoms, occurring 90-180 days after COVID-19 was diagnosed, Dr. Chandima Jeewand…

A consignment of 400,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine vials has been flown into the country by Emirates Airways air cargo, the airport …

With the country remaining open from tomorrow, the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) said there is still a possibility of high …

The Health Ministry today issued a new set of guidelines under two phases to be followed in the month of October once the curfew i…

While highlighting the diminished enthusiasm shown by the youth in getting their vaccine, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Samitha Ginige …