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Leaders of ten constituent Parties in the government have written to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa urging him to immediately lock down the country for at least three weeks to control the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus. In a letter to the President, Party Leaders have suggested seven steps to be taken to control the pandemic. Despite being aware of the impact of the...

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is to address the nation, said the President’s Spokesman Kingsley Rathnayaka. The time and date will be announced later.

Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts, stated the Meteorology Department. Showers or thundershowers may occur at several places elsewhere after 2.00 p.m. Fairly heavy showers above 50 mm can be expected at some places in Uva and Eastern provinces and in Mullaitivu and Vavuniya districts.

A new research carried out by a team of world renowned scientists including two local scientists and researchers from Ministry of Health has determined that the single dose of Sputnik-V is highly immunogenic. The team has also highlighted that the administration of a second dose of the Sputnik-V is likely to be beneficial. The scientists from the Sri Jayewardenepura University investigated...

The Government has decided to vaccinate all Sri Lankans over 18 years of age by the end of September this year in order to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Co-Cabinet Spokesman and Plantation Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana said. He was speaking at the Cabinet press briefing presided by new Media Minister Dullas Alahapperuma at the Government Information Department...

The Health Ministry yesterday issued a set of new health guidelines to contain the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic. The revised restrictions are effective till August 31. According to the new guidelines, only one person per household is permitted to leave the house at any given time. The only exceptions are for purposes of work and for obtaining health services. Public transport...

Several spells of showers will occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts, stated the Meteorology Department. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in the Uva province and in Ampara and Batticaloa districts after 2.00 p.m.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved to take steps to import 6,000 metric tons of rice immediately following the provisions under the Pakistan – Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement as a solution for the rice shortage that is being prevailed in the market.

Cabinet of Ministers has approved to purchase of nine million doses of Sinopharm and 14 million doses of Pfizer at the unit price decided by the Negotiating Committee appointed by the Cabinet of Ministers for the vaccine requirements. The Covid-19 vaccination program was planned to administrate for a population of 14 million initially with a view of protect the population...

284 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing.