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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 …

A batch of 30,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for vaccinating children above 12 years reached the country this morning flown …

The Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital has requested parents to register their children aged between 12 and 19 years suffering fr…

The Foreign Ministry has informed the Health Ministry that no country has made a specific COVID-19 vaccine compulsory when enterin…

COVID booster jabs will begin to be administered to the relevant groups of people in the near future once the second dose rollout …

Even after recovering from COVID viral infection, several high-risk post COVID complication conditions such as COVID pneumonia cou…

Vaccination for children above 12 years of age, who are diagnosed with chronic diseases, would commence at the Lady Ridgeway Hospi…

Referring to the hesitancy shown by the younger population to receive the COVID vaccine, Chairman of State Pharmaceuticals Corpora…

Authorities call on them to be more responsible and take jabs Many youngsters demanding for Pfizer and Moderna Western countries a…

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that the UN will provide its full supp…

There is a sharp decrease in COVID-19 cases being reported daily and also the number of hospitalization has also vastly gone down,…

In such a situation where the talks on lifting the current lockdown are in the spotlight, the Association of Medical Specialists (…