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One more patient has tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 151, says the Ministry of Health.

SriLankan Airlines has implemented cost saving measures to ensure survival of national carrier and livelihoods of employees, including the mandatory salary reductions from the staff starting from 2.5% to 25% for a period of three months, the airlines said.

Two more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 150, says the Ministry of Health.

Two more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 148, says the Ministry of Health.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa urged the Director General of World Health Organization (WHO) to pursue with the international financial organizations and lending nations to help developing countries adversely affected by COVID-19 calamity.

Sri Lanka’s navy has seized $65 million worth of crystal methamphetamine and ketamine in the country’s biggest drugs bust, officials said Wednesday.

Another patient who tested positive for the Coronavirus has died today, marking the third death reported in Sri Lanka due to COVID-19.

Police spokesperson stated that Pharmacies across the island will be kept open on the 02nd, 03rd and 06th April for pensioners to purchase their medicines.

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

Three more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 146, says the Ministry of Health.

One more COVID-19 patient has been discharged from the hospital after recovering from the virus earlier today (01), stated the Ministry of Health.

The government has decided to assign four centres including three hospitals in the Puttalam, Gampaha, Kalutara and Colombo districts, which have been declared high risk zones, in order to treat COVID-19 cases.

The curfew imposed in the Southern, Eastern, Uva, Sabaragamuwa & North-Central provinces & Nuwara-Eliya, Matale, Kurunegala, Mannar, Vavuniya, Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts has been lifted at 6am this morning and will be re-imposed at 2.00 pm until  6am on Monday (April 6).

Sri Lanka yesterday recorded the highest daily surge in COVID-19 cases as a total of 21 patients tested positive for the virus during the course of the day.

Ten more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 142, says the Ministry of Health.

Seven more patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka increasing the total cases tally to 132, says the Ministry of Health.