State Minister Duminda Dissanayake says the general public should not criticise the government for the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, as it has taken all possible steps to the contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Researchers of the University of Sri Jayawardenapura have found that the current circulating strain of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka is different to the strains that circulated in the country previously.

The police have traced 454 individuals in total who had left the Western Province on the 29th of October, before quarantine curfew came into effect.

Another patient who tested positive for the Coronavirus has died today, marking the 20th death reported in Sri Lanka due to COVID-19.

The highest number of coronavirus cases among the 633 individuals, who tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday, have been reported from the Gampaha District.

Those who had left Western Province or Kuliyapitiya on 29 & 30 October are subjected to 14 days self quarantine at their current places of accommodation, says police media spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 30 October 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

Sri Lanka Police have mounted a special operation to trace those who had stepped out of the Western Province yesterday disregarding the request.

Air Vice-Marshal Sudarshana Karagoda Pathirana has been appointed as the new Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF).

Due to the lack of testing capacity in laboratories, results of around 10,000 PCR samples collected from suspected COVID-19 cases could not be released in four hospitals including the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, and this has complicated the efforts by authorities to control the spread of the virus.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had assured the Cabinet of ministers that his government wouldn’t sign the MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation) agreement, National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa yesterday (29) said.

State institutions in the Western Province and other main cities have been ordered to ‘work from home’ in order to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 29 October 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has signed the draft bill of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution today (29).