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Eight more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 855, says the Ministry of Health.

61 more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.

The Extraordinary Gazette Notification pertaining to returning normalcy in day to day life in the Western Province and in the Puttalam District will be issued today undersigned by Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi.

272 persons who were stranded in Australia due to travel restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, arrived in the country this morning (10).

Former Kalutara District UPFA MP Kumara Welgama says that while the Coronavirus disease spreads, the only thing on the government’s mind was how to obtain a two-thirds majority at the next General Election, but that would remain a dream.

Nine more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 847, says the Ministry of Health.

Liquor stores will not be reopened on Monday (11), despite the resumption of civilian life and functions at private and public sector entities in the Western Province and Puttalam District, the Excise Department has announced.

Five more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.

Nine more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 844, says the Ministry of Health.

15 more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.

U.S. President Donald Trump has offered to provide ventilators required by Sri Lanka.

11 more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 835, says the Ministry of Health.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s name has appeared in the March publication of US federal register of individuals who have chosen to renounce their American citizenship.

The Sri Lanka Foreign Service Association donated Rs.2.8 million to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to help the COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund. Minister of Foreign Relations, Dinesh Gunawardena also participated on this occasion.

8 more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus, stated the Ministry of Health.

The International Monetary Fund has approved requests for emergency pandemic aid from 50 of its 189 members for a total of about $18 billion and is continuing to work quickly through the remaining more than 50 requests, an IMF spokesman said on Thursday.