The World Bank gave Rs. 16 billion to buy corona injection to Sri Lanka
The World Bank has approved $ 80.5 million for the purchase of the corona vaccine in Sri Lanka. The agreement between the World Bank and the Government of Sri Lanka was signed yesterday. The World Bank said in a statement that this was the second financial support for the Corona Emergency Response and Health System Preparation Project. The World Bank says the money will be used to buy vaccines and make them available to the public.
Sri Lanka had 3269 corona infections yesterday – worldometers
3269 corona infections were reported in Sri Lanka yesterday, according to the Worldometers website. Yesterday’s death toll was 24 and the number of infected people on the website the day before yesterday is 1429. According to the Government Information Department, 2249 people were infected yesterday and 2386 the day before yesterday.
Health official announces that the Kasbawa area cannot be saved,30% are infected.
The number of deaths due to corona infection is increasing rapidly in the Kesbewa Medical Officer of Health Division, said its Medical Officer of Health, Samanthika Wijesundera. She said there are currently two corona deaths a day in the area and will rise further next week. She says the current situation has created a difficult situation even though the district has been locked down.
Basil Rajapaksha did not have any illness to seek treatment – Namal Rajapaksha
Former Minister Basil Rajapaksa, the Chairman of the Presidential Special Task Force on Economic Revival and Poverty Alleviation,went abroad for personal reasons and will return to Sri Lanka within three weeks,Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa said. He said that Basil Rajapaksa was not ill for treatment and that he had not fallen ill when he met him yesterday and when he left the country.
The Mullivaikkal monument was demolished.
Residents of the Mullivaikkal area in Mullaittivu witnessed that a group of people had demolished a war memorial on the beach yesterday morning (May 13). They had gone to clean the Mullivaikkal War Memorial this year to mark the 12th anniversary of the end of the war. Then Mullaitivu Police have been informed about the incident. The lampposts at the Mulli Waikkal War Memorial had been severely damaged, residents said. Although the Mullivaikkal war commemoration was not held this time due to the prevailing covid risk, they had seen this unfortunate incident had taken place while cleaning the place they further said. They allied that law should be enforced immediately to find out the perpetrators of the act.
Is Brazils President guilty of Criminal Negligence over the VACCINE disaster?
“Pfizer got no response to offers to supply vaccine to Brazil last year because the President believed they could depend on the Chinese Vaccine” Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) repeatedly offered to sell its COVID-19 vaccine to Brazil’s Health Ministry between August and November last year, but got no answer from the government, Pfizer’s chief executive for Latin America told lawmakers on Thursday. A Senate commission is investigating whether President Jair Bolsonaro’s government mishandled the pandemic by failing to secure vaccines in time to curb a surge that has killed more than 430,000 Brazilians – the worst COVID-19 death toll outside the United States. Pfizer executive Carlos Murillo said that on Sept. 12 the company’s CEO sent a letter to Bolsonaro and others in his cabinet, including then-health minister Eduardo Pazuello, expressing interest in providing Brazil with vaccines. The letter went unanswered for two months, the parliamentary commission has established.Pazuello, who was replaced last month as criticism mounted over vaccination delays, failed to take Pfizer up on its offers last year because he believed Brazil should rely on British and Chinese vaccines produced in the country, two sources told Reuters. Production issues and bottlenecks in China have slowed local output of those vaccines. Just 11% of Brazilian adults have been fully vaccinated. Pazuello is due to testify before the commission on May 19.In his weekly live internet broadcast on Thursday, Bolsonaro said Brazil secured a better deal this year than what was offered by Pfizer earlier, citing legal and health uncertainties as the vaccine had yet to receive regulatory approval last year. The Brazilian government eventually negotiated with Pfizer for 100 million doses in a contract signed in March, with the first 1 million doses arriving in late April. Another lot of 628,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine landed in Brazil from Belgium on Wednesday, the Health Ministry said, adding that it has so far distributed 1.6 million doses of the shot in the national immunization program. Murillo said Pfizer is about to sign a contract for 100 million more doses for delivery to Brazil in the fourth quarter.
Ramazan day is today
Today is the day of Ramadan. Muslims celebrate it with great devotion and brotherhood. Ramadan begins with the sighting of the new moon after observing the fast of Ramadan. Muslims, who fast throughout the month of Ramadan, celebrate Ramadan after seeing the new moon of the month of Shawwal.
A Madrasa school violates health guidelines
Police have (May 13) raided a madrassa school in the Maligawatta area where students were being brought to study in violation of health guidelines. Maligawatta police officers warned the owner at the Madrasa school. He and three others, including the were quarantined inside the school’s hostel.
“Uru Jua” was abducted in a white van and killed
According to the Prisoners’ Rights Committee, Dinith Milan alias’ Uru Jua ‘, a prominent underworld gang leader, was taken away in a white van by his residents and shortly afterwards, it was reported that a he had been shot dead at a house in the Dedigamuwa area. spokesman Sudesh Nandimal stated at a media briefing held in Colombo. He added that under these circumstances, it could be suspected that this was a murder. According to the police, he was shot dead by the police when he tried to attack the house with a hand grenade while he was on his way to the house amidst tight security with uru jua to find some hidden weapons.
Leaders who accepted the economic revival are fleeing the country behind the corona. – Sajith Premadhasa
The Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa has stated that the leaders who handed over the responsibility of the people of the country including the economic revival and the eradication of poverty have left the people and going abroad in the face of the corona pandemic. He also said that these people, who were always with the people during the last election period, would not have any consolation in fleeing the country at a time when leadership is essential. The Leader of the Opposition stated this while addressing a media briefing held at the office of the Leader of the Opposition.