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Chief Opposition Whip Kandy District MP Lakshman Kiriella yesterday said the government had no funds to buy vaccines for the people as the dollar reserves were extremely low.

Public Security Minister Dr.Sarath Weerasekara said yesterday (16) that a report will be called from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) regarding the Attorney General’s statement on the incomplete probe into Easter Sunday attack perpetrators.

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 962 with 21 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today (16), the Government Information Department said.

The Director General of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Dhammika Wijesinghe says tourists who arrive in the island can tour the country in a bio-secure bubble as per guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health.

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene has ruled to allow MP Rishad Bathiudeen to attend parliament sittings next week if he wishes so, Parliament sources said.

A person with symptoms of the COVID-19 infections should not receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health said.

At least four people had died and over 42,000 others had been affected by days of strong winds and heavy rains which lashed the country due to the formation of a super cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center (DMC) said in its latest weather report Saturday.

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 941 with 20 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today (15), the Government Information Department said.

People who were diagnosed with COVID-19 in PCR test but do not indicate any symptoms will be treated at their homes starting from Monday (May 17), says State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle.

Attorney General Dappula de Livera today told the public that he is not in a position to present charges or indictments against the conspirators and abettors of the 2019 Easter Sunday Attacks during his tenure of office, as the CID investigations into that are incomplete, AG’s Coordinating Officer said.

The landslide warnings issued in the Colombo, Kalutara, Ratnapura, Galle, Matara and Kegalle Districts owing to the inclement weather has once again been extended till 7pm today.

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The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 923 with 31 more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on yesterday (14), the Government Information Department said.

Leader of the United National Party Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has recalled of claims by medical experts recently, who predicted COVID-19 will spread rapidly in the country in the next few weeks.

The World Bank on Thursday announced a USD 80.5 million credit for Sri Lanka to help it purchase vaccines for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Extending his wishes to the Muslim community which celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr at the end of Ramadan fasting today (14), President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he believes the true Muslims who follow the Holy Quran would collectively commit themselves with added determination to further strengthen peace and harmony.