Ravi Kumudesh, President of the Medical Laboratory Scientists’ Association, says that the country will be closed from Monday. He also states that a number of trade unions will launch a general strike from Monday. He added that the President would… Read More

Twenty-seven doctors at the Colombo National Hospital have been infected with the corona virus, hospital sources said. Also, 105 nursing staff and 192 other employees have been identified as infected. These facts have been revealed according to a report issued… Read More

Minister of State for Corruption SuppressionDr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle has appealed to Sri Lankans abroad to help rural hospitals as much as possible as Sri Lanka is at high risk with the spread of corona. She thanked Sri Lankans living in… Read More

President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is scheduled to address the nation today, Presidential Spokesman Kingsley Ratnayake said. He said the President would focus on the current situation in the country. Meanwhile, it is reported that the country is preparing to close down… Read More

Dr. Udara Sampath Gunawardena of the Karapitiya Hospital who claims to have developed a drug to save the lives of those infected with the corona virus has been transferred to a corona ward at the Karapitiya Hospital. The director of… Read More

The Association of Specialist Physicians says that it impossible to control the spread of the delta strain of the corona virus, using vaccination.  Its chairman Dr. Kumara Fernando points out that despite the rapid vaccination process in the country a… Read More

The owners of the paddy fields in Nawalapitiya say that a deposit of sand has been deposited in a paddy field in the Udu Rambukpitiya area in Nawalapitiya due to the overflowing of the Nawalapitiya Yan Oya which flows into… Read More

Another 186 corona deaths are confirmed by the Director-General of Health. It is the highest number of deaths ever recorded in a single day. At the same, time the number of corona deaths in the country has risen to 6790.