People are queuing in front of pawnshops.
After releasing the travel restrictions that lasted for about a month, people are coming to the cities for their necessities today. The media reported that more and more people are attending pawn shops across the country. According to economists, people are increasingly tempted to mortgage gold as their incomes have plummeted and the economy has plummeted.
Officials assume a person from Madiwela Kotte has contracted the Indian Delta variety.
It is suspected that a person infected with the coronavirus found in the Madiwela Pragathipura area in Kotte has contracted the Indian Delta variety. Health officials say he sent his biological samples for further testing. Arrangements have also been made to control the spread of the virus in the area. So far, five Indian-infected people have been found in the Dematagoda area and the area has been closed.
A complaint has been lodged with the police against Sudath Samaraweera.
Attorney-at-Law Aruna Laksiri Unawatuna has complained with the IGP against Dr Sudath Samaraweera, the former Director of the Epidemiology Unit, and others in charge of the unit, alleging that he had compromised national security by failing to perform his statutory duties by submitting incorrect statistics. Specialist Dr Sudath Samaraweera and other government officials have misrepresented and altered the statistics on the number of deaths due to corona infection, They have endangered the lives of the people, failing to fulfil their constitutional duty to the people, including those with corona disease, and has also endangered national security. The complaint alleges that the clause was also erroneous 289 of the Ceylon Penal Code. Accordingly, the petitioner has requested that the inquiries be conducted to ascertain whether the victims were genuinely infected with the coronavirus and whether the figures presented were correct and the matter be investigated as soon as possible.
The banking system is in Sri Lanka in danger of collapsing
Both Minister of State for Finance Ajith Nivard Cabraal and Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila have confirmed that the country’s banking system is in danger of collapsing if fuel prices are not increased, said Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Harsha de Silva. He said the government should explain what would happen to the deposits of the people who have deposited in the banking system if it is at risk of collapsing. If the economic situation could not be controlled, it should be handed over to those who could do it or the government should go home and hand over the country to another group, he added. He made these comments at a press conference held at the office of the Leader of the Opposition.
The country will be in a dangerous situation in September – Government Medical Officers’ Association
According to the Government Medical Officers’ Association, the country would have been inundated by September if the country had not been isolated in the face of the current pandemic. Its chairman Dr Rukshan Bellana says that due to the current epidemic situation, strict travel restrictions should be imposed in the country for at least another three weeks. He says it is a wrong precedent that some trade unions are trying to extend their terms under the guise of spreading the pandemic demic. He said these while he was addressing a media briefing at the Narahenpita Abhayaramaya.
A large number of people qued in front of liquor shops.
After the removal of the travel restriction law (June 21) at 4 am, shop owners took action to open shops in all the plantation towns including Hatton. With the removal of the travel restrictions, the Hatton Excise officials verbally instructed the liquor store owners to remove the seals on the closed liquor stores and to operate by the store’s health instructions. With the reopening of closed liquor stores in Hatton, media reported a large number of people coming to buy liquor. Although several SLTB and private buses have been added to the service after removing the travel restrictions, there has not been a significant increase in the number of buses coming to cities. All plantation towns, including Hatton, were heavily guarded by police.
A tempered situation occurs in front of the Fort Railway Station today.
The situation has arisen due to the intervention of the police to control a protest being held by the Inter-University Student Federation. Protesting students say the government is preparing to pass a bill to privatize education under the guise of an pandemic.
About 20,000 policemen will be deployed to observe the public violating quarantine rules
After the travel restrictions are eased around 20,000 policemen will be deployed to observe whether the public would violate the quarantine regulations, Police media spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said Accordingly, 700 instant mobile roadblocks with the main roadblock at the entrance to the province will be deployed in the Western Province and about 8000 policemen are assigned to man those roadblocks.
The gem recently found in South Africa is not a diamond.
The South African government stated that stones found in KwaHlathi village KwaZulu-Natal province village last month are not diamonds but quartz. It prompted thousands of people to rush to KwaHlathi village which is located more than 300km southeast of Johannesburg. But after conducting tests, officials have revealed the stones are quartz crystals, and they are considered less valuable. The country is already suffering from high levels of economic inequality with a surge in joblessness due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. According to Johns Hopkins University data, South Africa has recorded more covid 19 positive cases than any other country on the continent with 1.8 million confirmed infections and nearly 60,000 deaths reported.
Covid 19 current situation in Sri Lanka – People who received both the doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine have infected with the virus
Several people who received both doses of the AstraZeneca injection have been infected with the coronavirus. These people are among the infected confirmed on the 19th from the Kurunegala Municipal Council area. A group including employees of the Kurunegala Municipal Council have been infected with the virus.