Category: Local News

Dehiwala National Zoo, Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, Pinnawala Zoo & Ridiyagama Safari Park under the Department of National Zoological Gardens will be closed for 02 weeks from tomorrow.

Another returnee from Italy diagnosed as Coronavirus positive at Kandakadu quarantine centre & admitted to Polonnaruwa Hospital.

Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said that approval will not be given for mass gatherings and in the event of an urgent requirement it is mandatory to obtain police approval and a permit.

Two more coronavirus patients have been identified in Sri Lanka, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to seven, Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said.

All movie theatres (film halls) in the country will be closed until further notice and no decision has been taken on Dramas & Musical shows.

Four Polish nationals who arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport this morning to return to Poland have been directed to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases after indicating symptoms of the coronavirus / COVID-19.

The Sri Lanka Rupee depreciated against the dollar to its lowest this year yesterday due to the impact of the coronavirus.

Doctors yesterday (13), lamented that the resources available in Government hospitals assigned to carry out surveillance and treat patients with  COVID-19 were inadequate in the face of a sudden influx of patients.

Ensuring the safety of all Sri Lankans is more important that holding elections, former UNP MP Arjuna Ranatunga told a news conference yesterday and said the government should think of preventing the spread of the coronavirus rather than thinking of politics and elections.

Former Deputy Minister Dr. Harsha De Silva, yesterday, (13), said that he would contest the forthcoming parliamentary polls under the leadership of UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa.

Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe confirms that three more patients who had contracted the Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been identified in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka has extended the travel ban to a total of 11 countries, adding eight more countries to the list.

Former minister Ravi Karunanayake, against whom an arrest warrant had been issued, has appeared before the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court, a short while ago.

All universities will be closed for two weeks from tomorrow due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, University Grants Commission Chairman Sampath Amaratunge said today.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) informed all airlines not to carry passengers to Sri Lanka from Italy, South Korea and Iran with effect from tomorow.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa requested the heads of research organizations to find ways and means to uplift a small country like Sri Lanka with a comparatively small population and an economy.