The spread rate of the south african variant in Sri Lanka will be 300%
According to government medical officials if the C.1.2 strain of the corona virus, which is spreading in South Africa and South America, enters Sri Lanka, the rate of spread will be 300%. Its chairman, Dr. Rukshan Bellana, said the virus could spread three times as fast as the Delta strain, and that the decision needed to be made early rather than waiting for the virus to enter the country. He added that the country would be in a very serious situation if the government implement the decision to the South African variant in the same way that the decisions were implemented when the Delta was expanding.
Sri Lankan death toll rises over 10000
Another 189 corona deaths are confirmed by the Director-General of Health. At the same time, the number of corona deaths in the country has increased to 10140.
Sunil Perera, the leader of the Gypsies Band has passed away due to corona infection
Famous singer Sunil Perera, the leader of the Gypsies Band has passed away. He succumbed to pneumonia while being treated at a private hospital in Colombo for a corona infection. He was 68 years old at the time of his death. Funeral services will be conducted in accordance with Corona Health Guidelines.
The power to confiscate the property of a group is obtained with a very special gazette comes
The government has enacted laws to impose fines on those who obstruct the maintenance of essential services, as well as confiscate their property. President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has issued a special gazette notification regarding the relevant legal provisions. All powers to confiscate their movable and immovable property are vested in the persons concerned after a trial by a Magistrate.
Indigenous medicine is becoming popular in the world. We must be ready to take full advantage of it now- Mahinda Rajapaksha
The Prime Minister instructed the officials to set the standard of indigenous medicine and Ayurveda by keeping the research results before the world, said the Hon. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa made this observation while participating in the opening ceremony of the Rajapura Ayurvedic Hospital at Sirigala, Moneragala via video technology. Minister of State Shashindra Rajapaksa inaugurated the Rajapura Ayurveda Hospital by cutting the ribbon and later visited the hospital. The Moneragala Rajapura Ayurvedic Hospital, which treats many non-communicable diseases locally, has the facility to treat up to 40 patients at a time. External and inpatient care at the hospital will be provided free of charge to religious leaders, including Buddhist monks.
Cabinet Secretary appointed for Namal’s new ministry by a special gazette notification
President Gotabhaya has appointed WH Karunaratne as the Secretary to the Development Coordinating Monitoring Branch with effect from 16 August 2021. This was announced by Mr. Jayasundera through a special gazette notification. This Ministry was created by removing a part of the Ministry which was under the Minister of State for Finance, Ajith Nivard Cabraal. The new ministry has been placed under Minister Namal Rajapaksa.
Shops in Embilipitiya opened despite curfew
Embilipitiya Police yesterday announced through loudspeakers that all shops that have been opened to be closed with immediate effects The move comes as many shops in the city are opening and trading despite the curfew Traders have been engaged in this activity despite the curfew of a nationwide law to control the spread of corona.
Government hand over 13 acres of land worth hundreds of millions of rupees to a Chinese company to set up a warehouse complex without a formal tender procedure
Niroshan Gorakanage, General Secretary of the All Ceylon Ports General Employees’ Union, said that the decision to hand over 13 acres of land worth hundreds of millions of rupees to a Chinese company to set up a service center (warehouse complex) without a formal tender procedure was a serious fraud. This land, which has more commercial value than the Colombo Port City land complex, is to be handed over to the relevant Chinese company at a paltry sum of Rs. 850,000 per acre per year. According to his knowledge, the value of a perch in this area has exceeded Rs. 300 million. He said that the transfer of land owned by the port to a foreign company would endanger the jobs of about 650 port employees. He stated that the project has been approved by the Cabinet without even obtaining a formal assessment report from the Chief Government Assessor. Therefore, he concluded that all the trade unions in the port will launch a strong fight in the future to prevent this fraudulent transaction.
Only the Army and the Youth Services Council are vaccinating ‘Pfaizer’ in Hambantota. What is the priority?
The Association of Medical Laboratory Professionals is questioning as to who is giving the Pfizer vaccine recommended by the World Health Organization for children under the age of 18 to the people of the Hambantota District. Its chairman Ravi Kumudesh says it should be clarified whether the decision to give the vaccine to a group in the Hambantota district, excluding A / L and O / L students, was based on necessity. He said that since Hambantota is also a citizen of Sri Lanka, it is not a problem for other citizens to be vaccinated as well, but the Ministry of Health should explain the scientific reason for giving the Pfizer vaccine only to the district with the participation of the Youth Services Council and the Army.
Uruwarige Heenmenika, the wife of tribal leader Uruwarige Vannila Aththan has died due to a corona infection
Uruwarige Heenmenika, the wife of tribal leader Uruwarige Vannila Aththan has died due to a corona infection. She died at the Peradeniya Hospital yesterday afternoon. She has been receiving treatment for a kidney ailment for some time and has been hospitalized with a corona infection for about two weeks now. She is a mother of nine children.