LNP - WHO warns Covid pandemic will drag on into 2022
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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LNP - A batch of 400,000 Pfizer vaccines flown in
A consignment of 400,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine vials has been flown into the country by Emirates Airways air cargo, the airport duty manager said. H...
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LNP - Virus transmission could still exist though curfew lifted: SLMA
With the country remaining open from tomorrow, the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) said there is still a possibility of high transmission of the ...
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LNP - Health guidelines to be followed from Oct. 1 issued
The Health Ministry today issued a new set of guidelines under two phases to be followed in the month of October once the curfew is lifted from tomorr...
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LNP - Youth population a major contributor to virus transmission: Expert
While highlighting the diminished enthusiasm shown by the youth in getting their vaccine, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Samitha Ginige said the youth popul...
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LNP - 30,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines for children delivered
A batch of 30,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for vaccinating children above 12 years reached the country this morning flown in by Qatar Airways....
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LNP - Children with co-morbidities required to be registered for Pfizer vaccinations
The Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital has requested parents to register their children aged between 12 and 19 years suffering from disabilities or c...
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LNP - No country made specific COVID vaccine mandatory: Govt.
The Foreign Ministry has informed the Health Ministry that no country has made a specific COVID-19 vaccine compulsory when entering their respective c...
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LNP - Booster vaccine rollout to kick off soon
COVID booster jabs will begin to be administered to the relevant groups of people in the near future once the second dose rollout is completed, a top ...
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LNP - High-risk post COVID complication conditions will occur even after recovering from COVID: Respiratory physician
Even after recovering from COVID viral infection, several high-risk post COVID complication conditions such as COVID pneumonia could occur, Consultant...
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LNP - Vaccinating children above 12 with chronic illnesses to start this Friday: Prof. Jayasumana
Vaccination for children above 12 years of age, who are diagnosed with chronic diseases, would commence at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital from this Friday...
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LNP - Youngsters refusing to take vaccines plunging country at risk
Referring to the hesitancy shown by the younger population to receive the COVID vaccine, Chairman of State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) Dr. Prasa...
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