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The Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera has been transferred. Accordingly, he has been appointed as the Director of the National Dengue Control Unit, said the Director-General of Health Services.

1,281 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 39,592 suspects have been arrested since October 30 for not wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing in public areas

A few showers will occur in Western, Central, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts, stated the Meteorology Department. Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere. Wind speed will be (30-40) kmph in western slope of the Central hills, Northern, North-Central and North-Western provinces and in Hambantota and Trincomalee districts. The wind speed can be increased up to 50...

As per the statistics of the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka has administered 3,140,256 doses of COVID-19 vaccines so far. Accordingly, the first dose of COVID vaccines has already been administered to 2,391,683 individuals while the second dose has been administered to 748,573 individuals. The first dose of the AstraZeneca COVISHIELD vaccine has been given to 925,242...

A total of 2,349 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka today, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 235,413 and 197,259 of them have made complete recoveries.

The island-wide travel restriction will be lifted at 4am on Monday (June 21) and will be re-imposed at 10 pm on Wednesday (June 23), said the Head of National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva. The travel restriction will thereafter continue until 4 am on Friday (June 25) Inter-province travel will remain banned during the...

1390 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 38,311 suspects have been arrested since October 30 for not wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing in public areas.

A few showers will occur in Western, Central, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts, stated Meteorology Department. Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere. Wind speed will be (30-40) kmph in western slope of the Central hills, Northern, North-Central and North-Western provinces and in Hambantota and Trincomalee districts. The wind speed can be increased up to 50 kmph...

The Environment Ministry will add several more items to the list of banned plastic and polythene products which are deemed harmful to both the environment and human health. The new items to be added to the list of banned plastics and polythene products are single use straws and stirrers, single use spoons, forks, knives including yoghurt spoons, shopping bags, grocery...

A total of 2,372 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka today, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 233,064 and 195, 434 of them have made complete recoveries.