Sunday, August 30, 2020
HIV/AIDS Infections Among Youth 19-25 Years Are On The Increase
HIV/AIDS infection rate among Sri Lankan youth belonging to 19-25 year age category is on the increase according to the Director of National Sexual Transmitted Diseases /AIDS Control Programe Dr.Rasanjali Hettiarachchi .This situation has occurred due to the risky unprotected relationships among these youth Dr.Hetttiarachchi has told .According to the data collected from Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD
) Clinics island wide recently 20 percent of new HIV /AIDS Infections are youth of the 19-25 age category she has stressed .
Meanwhile only 2000 out of the estimated 3600 HIV/AIDS Positives are being registered at STD clinics island wide to receive treatment and 1600 had not registered and spreading the virus among healthy persons in society unknowingly doctors have stated .
28 Youth Were Arrested At A Facebook Party In Akmeemana ,Galle This Morning (30)
Police have found 06 packets of Kerala Cannabis in possession of 06 youth it has been revealed .All the arrested youth are 18-22 years old and arrived at the party from several areas including Rathnapura ,Ehaliyagoda ,Ampara and Uhana areas it has been reported ,They had purchased tickets for the Party for Rs.500,1500 and 5000 organized by a Facebook Group according to reported.
The arrested youth are due to produce before Galle Magistrate Court over violating quarantine rules the Police have stated .
An Eighty Year Old Female Arrived From Australia Had Escaped From Nagoda Hospital And Later Recovered From Kegalle-She Had Tested Negative For Corona Virus
Health Authorities had managed to found an eighty year old Sri Lankan female arrived from Australia who had escaped from Nagoda Hospital in Kalutara after being admitted there whilst on quarantine at a Hotel in Beruwala it has been reported ,The female who had arrived from Australia recently was admitted to the Nagoda Hospital due to a mental disorder she got and had escaped from the hospital last Friday (28th ) morning the health authorities have stated .Later she was found whilst at her home in Kegalle yesterday (29th ) by the authorities .
She had traveled her house in Kegalle by Bus and soon after finding her she was sent to the National Mental Health Institute in Angoda for further treatment .
Meanwhile she had tested negative for Corona Virus .Health authorities had earlier taken steps to self quarantine 07 workers attached to a shop in kegalle in which the female had visited ,
Eleven Corona Positives Had Been Discharged From Hospitals Today (30) After Full Recovery
Another 11 Corona Positives had been recovered and discharged from hospitals today (30) according to the Epidemiology Unit.Accordingly a total of 2860 Corona Positives had been discharged from hospitals so far after full recovery .
Seventeen Corona Positives Had Been Reported Today -Total Number Of Corona Positives Had Exceeded 3000
Accordingly 17 foreign arrivals including 12 arrivals from United Arab Emirates (UAE) and 03 arrivals from Maldives had tested positive for Corona virus whilst on quarantine at quarantine centers the Unit has stated ,The whereabouts of last 02 Corona positives reported today has not yet been revealed .
At the moment 140 Corona Positives are being treated at Government Hospitals .
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