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The south-west monsoon condition is active further over the country, stated the Meteorology Department. Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-Western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts. Fairly heavy showers above 75 mm can be expected at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Few showers...

121 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, said the Police Media Spokesperson Ajith Rohana. The DIG stated that, so far 51,859 suspects have been arrested for not wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing in public areas

4,481 persons were undergoing quarantine at 65 hotels and tri service-managed Quarantine Centres as at this morning, stated the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19.

The National Operation Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 had identified 1604 positive cases by this morning. The majority positive cases were detected from the Colombo district (486 cases)

Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa says that it is the responsibility of the people’s representatives and officials to act in a manner that does not cause inconvenience to the people at a time when the country is in some difficulty in the face of the COVID pandemic. Minister Rajapaksa said this when he met a group of people’s representatives, Governors...

The husband of a woman who went to get the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Kandy yesterday (21) has complained to the Police that his wife had been given two COVID jabs. The woman, who had gone to the Augastawatte COVID-19 vaccination centre had fainted at the scene and had been assisted by the health officials. She was...

The total number of the COVID-19 delta variant infections reported from Sri Lanka has risen to 43 with the identification of six more patients from the Kesbewa Jamburaliya area. These infections have been reported from people who worked in a private garment factory on the Kambawa Jamburaliya Lullawala Road. Following PCR tests on 186 employees of the factory it has...

Another consignment containing two million Chinese Sinopharm vaccines was brought into the country this morning to control the spreading of COVID-19, the airport duty manager said. The vaccines were flown in by two SriLankan Airlines aircraft from Beijing, China. Accordingly, with the latest consignment of vaccines, altogether 9.1 million Sinopharm vaccine vials have been brought into the country so far, Production,...

According to the advisory, "The wind speed can increase up to (60-70) kmph in the deep and shallow sea areas extending from Galle to Pottuvil via Hambantota and from Puttalam to Trincomalee via Mannar and Kankasanturai during this period from 02.30 p.m. 21 July 2021 until 02.30 p.m. 22 July 2021. The wind speed can be increased up to...

The Committee on Parliamentary Business chaired by the Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has decided to convene Parliament for 4 days starting from August 3 until August 6. Accordingly, Registration of Electors (Amendment) Bill, National Minimum Wage of Workers (Amendment) Bill, Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka Bill will be taken up for debate. And the General Sir John Kotelawala National...