Friday, December 31, 2021

Covid-19: WHO chief optimistic disease will be beaten in 2022 Published1 hour ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-59840513 


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Another 41 Omicron Positives Had Been Identified Today (31)

 A total of 41 Corona positives infected with Omicron variant had been identified through the samples received from several areas the Head of the Allergy Immunology and cell biology unit of the Jayawardenapura University Dr.Chandima Jeewandara has stated ,


With these Omicron positives the total number of Omicron positives reported so far in the country had risen to 45 Dr.Jeewandara has stated . 

All these Omicron positives had been identified through the Genome sequence tests Dr .Jeewandara has stated . 

Meanwhile with the 03 Omicron positives identified at Medical Research Institute  Colombo recently the total number of   Omicron  positives  in the country had risen to 48 according to Health Authorities .

499 Corona Positives Had Been Reported Today (31)

 A Total number of 499 Corona Positives had been reported today (31) in the country ,Increasing the total number of Corona Positives reported so far to 587,245 according to Epidemiology Unit .


Accordingly 11.772 Corona Positives are being treated at Hospitals ,Quarantine Centers and under home care system the Unit has stated .

With the spread of Omicron variant the  number of daily Corona cases reported from other countries are r increasing rapidly  ,But here the real situation is not yet been revealed by the health .authorities 

17 Corona Deaths Were Reported Today (31)

 Another 17 Corona deaths had been reported in the country today (31) increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to 14,979 according to Director General Of Health Services (DGHS).


Accordingly 11 males and 06 females had died due to Corona infection the DGHS has stated ,Out of the deceased 13 were over 60 years of age and 04 were belong to 30-60 year age group it has been revealed .

Many seems to be not believing  these statistics as daily a similar number of Corona deaths and Corona positives are being reported .by the authorities . 

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Prices Of A Kilo Gramme And 400 Gramme Pack Had Been Increased

 The price of a Kilo Gramme  and 400 Grammes  Milk Powder packs had been increased with effect from midnight tonight (30)according to Milk Powder Importers .



Accordingly price of A Kilo Gramme pack of Milk Powder had been increased by Rs.150 to Rs.1345 and 400  Gramme pack by Rs.60 to Rs.540 .

Covid: Woman isolates in toilet for five hours after positive mid-flight test

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නිර්මල වූ ප්‍රේමයකට කිසිදිනක  එකිනෙකාට  පිටුපෑමට හෝ මගහැරීමට හැකියාවක් නොමැත  .සොයා බැලීම් වැඩි කිරීමේ හා   අල්ලාගත් අත්වැල අත් නොහැරීමේ අපුරු හැකියාවක් එවැනි ප්‍රේමයක් සතුව පවතී .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )




Canteen Owners To Suspend Selling Of Milk Tea In Canteens

Canteen owners had decided to refrain from selling Milk Tea in Canteens as a result of  increased  prices of Milk Powder in the local market according to the All Ceylon Canteen Owners Association .


A cup of Milk Tea was sold in Canteens in the country for Rs.30-40 earlier and now it has been increased to Rs.60 the President of the Association Asela Sampath had stated ,

A 400 Gramme Milk Powder pack is currently being  sold for Rs.540 and due to this price hike  Canteen owners cannot increase the cup of Milk  Tea further he has stated ,Now public need 2.5 US Dollars to purchase a 400 gramme Milk Powder pack he has further said .

Another 18 Corona Deaths Had Been Reported Today (30)

 A total of 18 Corona deaths had been reported today (30) Increasing the total number Corona deaths that had been reported so far to 14,962 according to Director General Of Health Services (DGHS).


Accordingly majority of the deceased were over 60 years the DGHS has stated .

563 Corona Positives Had Been Reported Today (30)

 Another 563 Corona positives had been reported in the country today (30) Increasing the total number of Corona positives reported so far to 586,746 according to Epidemiology Unit.


At the moment 11.471 Corona positives are being treated at quarantine centers ,hospitals and under home care system the Unit has stated. Meanwhile 228 Corona positives had been recovered and discharged from hospitals and quarantine centers today (30).

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Omicron And Delta Drivies Tsunami Of Cases


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Stand News: Independent outlet to close after senior staff arrested

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59807734 

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බාධක මැදින් ගලා ගෙන යන ආදර කථාවක සැඟවුණු සෙනෙහසක් ,ආත්මීය බැඳීමක් මෙන්ම පිටතට නොපෙනෙන කථාවක් ගැබ්ව තිබිය හැකිය (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )



                                             








 

Minimum Bus Fare To Go Up By Rs.3

 Government has decided to increase the minimum Bus fare of Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) and Private Buses with effect from next Wednesday(05) according to State Transport Minister Dilim Amunugma ,

Accordingly the minimum Bus fare  will be increased  from  Rs,14 to Rs.17 the Minister has stated ,

419 Corona Positives Were Reported Today (29)

 Another 419 Corona positives had been reported today (29) through less than 10,000 PCR and Rapid Antigen tests performed in the country yesterday (28) according to Epidemiology Unit .


Accordingly with this number the number of Corona positives reported in the country so far had risen to 586,183 the unit has stated ,At the moment 11,154 Corona positives are being treated at Hospitals ,Quarantine Centers and under home care system it has been revealed.

21 Corona Deaths Reported Today (28)

Another 21 Corona deaths had been reported in the country today (29) Increasing the total number of Corona deaths that had been reported so far to 14,944 according to Director General Of Health Services (DGHS0.


Accordingly 14 males and 07 females had died due to Corona infection the DGHS had stated .Out of the deceased 14 were over 60 years old and 07 were belonged to 30-60 year age group .


Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Crocodiles turn on humans amid Iran water crisis

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-59571711 






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Station Masters Called Of Their Strike Action

 Station masters had called off their continuous strike action this evening (28) after the authorities had pledged to provide solutions for their demands according to Station Masters Union .


Station Masters had called off the strike after the discussion held with State Minister of Transport Dilum Amunugama the Union has stated . Issuing of Train tickets and accepting parcels and transporting oil from Trains had been suspended during the station masters strike .

479 Corona Positives Had Been Reported Today (28)

 A total of 479 Corona positives had been reported in the country today (28) ,Increasing the total number of Corona positives reported so far to 584,586 according to Epidemiology Unit .

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At the moment 9788 Corona positives are being treated at Hospitals ,Quarantine Centers and under home care system it has been reported ,According to the Health Promotions Bureau only 5488 PCR and 1549 Rapid Antigen tests had been performed in the country yesterday (27).

22 Corona Deaths Had Been Reported Today (28)

 Another 22 Corona deaths had been reported in the country today (28) ,Increasing the total number of Corona deaths that had been reported so far to 14,923 according to Director General Of Health Services (DGHS ) .


Accordingly 12 males and 10 females had died due to Corona infection the DGHS has stated .Out of the deceased 15 were over 60 years of age and 06 were belonged to 30-60 year age group it has been revealed .One of the deceased was under 30 years old.

ඔමික්‍රෝන් වසංගතය හමුවේ කොරෝනා පරීක්‍ෂණ සංඛ්‍යාව අඩු කර ආසාදිතයන් අඩු බව පෙන්වීමේ කලාව

 මේ කාලයේ අසන්නට ලැබෙන මෝඩම ප්‍රකාශය වනුයේ කොරෝනා මරණ හා ආසාදිතයන් සංඛ්‍යාව අඩුයි යනුවෙන් සිදු කරනු ලබන ප්‍රකාශයන්ය ,මන්ද මෙරටින්ද ලොව බොහෝ රටවල් අගුලු දැමීමට මුල් වූ ඔමික්‍රෝන්  ආසාදිතයන් 07 දෙනකු වාර්තා වීමත් ඔවුන් හරහා මෙරට සමාජය තුළ මේ වන විටත් ගණනය කළ නොහැකි සංඛ්‍යාවකට වෛරස් ප්‍රභේදය පැතිර ගොස් තිබිය හැකි වීමත් නිසාය ,මේ වන විට මෙරට දෛනිකව සිදු කෙරෙන "පී සී ආර් " හා රැපිඩ් ඇන්ටිජන් පරීක්ෂණ සංඛ්‍යාව 10,000 ටත්  අඩුය ,


මෙරට දෛනිකව සිදු කෙරෙන කොරෝනා පරීක්ෂණ සංඛ්‍යාව අනුව වාර්තා වන ආසාදිතයන්ගේ සංඛ්‍යාව  සසඳා කොරෝනා වසංගතයේ තත්ත්වය තීරණය කළ යුතු වුවද දැන් සිදු කරනුයේ අඩු පරීක්ෂණ සංඛ්‍යාවකින් අඩු ආසාදිතයන් සංඛ්‍යාවක් වාර්තා වීමේ තත්ත්වයකි .,වසංගතය පිළිබඳ සත්‍ය තොරතුරැ මහජනතාවට  සඟවා එය පාලනය කිරීම අසීරු කාර්යයක් බව බොහෝ දෙනා අමතක කර තිබීම කණගාටුවට කරුණකි .යාබද ඉන්දියාවෙන් පළමු ඔමික්‍රෝන් ආසාදිතයා වාර්තා වුයේද ශ්‍රී ලංකාවෙන් ප්‍රථම එම ආසාදිතයා වාර්තා වූ කාලයේදීම වුවද මේ වන විට එරටින් වාර්තා වී ඇති එම වෛරස් ප්‍රභේදය ආසාදනය වුවන්ගේ සංඛ්‍යාව 600 ද ඉක්මවා ගොස් තිබේ .දෛනිකව එම සංඛ්‍යාව වැඩි වෙමින් පැවතියදී බලධාරීන්ට අනුව මෙරට තවමත් සිටිනුයේ සති කිහිපයකට පෙර  හඳුනාගත් ලැව් ගින්නක් සේ  ශීඝ්‍රයෙන් පැතිරෙන ඔමික්‍රෝන් වෛරස් ප්‍රභේදය ආසාදනය වු  ආසාදිතයන් 07 දෙනා පමණකි .

Monday, December 27, 2021

Night Curfew In Delhi, Covid Spike Could Trigger Yellow Alert

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/delhi-orders-11-pm-to-5-am-night-curfew-from-monday-amid-rising-covid-cases-2672680 


Four Persons Were Injured Due To The Emergency Landing Of A Private Aircraft

 Four persons including a newly wed  Lebanese couple had been injured and hospitalized after the Private Aircraft they were travelling in has made an emergency landing at Kimbulapitiya ,Negambo (Western Province ) this afternoon (27).



Two pilots were among those injured and the Aircraft belongs to Sakura Airlines were flying from Sigiriya  to Koggala area at the time of the incident it has been reported  ,Sri Lanka Airforce had used a 20 member team for rescue efforts ,

Meanwhile the Civil Aviation Authority had suspended all flight of the Sakurai Airlines until further notice .

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President Had Accepted the Resignation Letter Of President Secretary P.B Jayasundara

 President Gotabhaya Rjapakshe had today (27) accepted the  letter sent by the President's secretary Dr .P.B Jayasundara stating his resignations from the Post .The outgoing President's Secretary is schedule to be stepdown from his post on 31st of December it has been reported ,


Dr P.B Jayasundara had served the post of Treasury Secretary during previous governments.  Prime Minister's Secretary Gamini Senerath is tipped to  be appointed as the new President's Secretary according to Government circles 

Only A Single Batch Of 458 Corona Positives Had Been Reported Today (27)

 Again health authorities had announced only a single batch of 458 Corona positives identified through PCR and Rapid Antigen tests for today (27).


Accordingly the total number of Corona Positives reported so far from the country had risen to 584.107 the Epidemiology Unit has stated .At the moment 9522 Corona Positives are being treated at Hospitals ,Quarantine Centers and under home care system the Unit has announced ,

17 Corona Deaths Had Been Reported Today (27)

 Another 17 Corona deaths had been reported in the country today (27) ,Increasing the total number of Corona deaths that had been reported so far to 14,901 according to Director General Of Health Services(DGHS).


Accordingly 11 males and 06 females had died due to Corona infection the DGHS has stated .Out of the deceased 10 were over 60 years of age and 06 were belonged to 30-60 year age group .One of the deceased was under 30 years old it has been revealed .

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Covid-19: New rules in force for three UK nations

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59792754 


Nearly 12 Gas Cooker Explosions Reported Today (26)

Nearly 12 Gas Coker explosions related to Gas cylinders had been occurred during  past 24 hours ended this evening (26) according to Police Headquarters .


These incidents were reported from areas including Badalkumbura ,Madagama ,Bandarawela ,Lunugala,Pallekiruwa ,Haputhale ,Hatton ,Vavuniya ,Sinnakulma areas it has been revealed ,Gas cookers had been completely destroyed due to these explosions according to reports .




 

Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid leader and voice of justice, dead at 90

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/26/africa/desmond-tutu-death-intl-hnk/index.html 


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සැබෑ සෙනෙහසක් තුළ අනෙකා පැමිණෙන තුරු  බලා සිටීමක් ,අනෙකා ආහාර ගන්නා තෙක් කුසගින්නේ සිටීමක් ,අසනීප වූ විට ලඟින් සිට රැක බලාගැනීමක් වැනි කියා නිම කළ නොහැකි තරම් වූ කැපවීම් රැසක් පවති  .එම කැපවීම් කෙනෙකුට විහිළුවක් සේ පෙනුනද එවැනි අව්‍යාජ වූ  සෙනෙහසක් හමුවේ ව්‍යාජ සෙනෙහසක් පයෙහි පෑගෙන දුවිල්ලක් බවට පත් වේ   ,(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )






398 Corona Positives Had Been Reported In The First Phase Today (26)

 A total of 398 Corona positives had been reported in the country today (26) in the first phase ,Increasing the total number of Corona positives reported so far to 583,649 according to Epidemiology Unit .


However the number of Corona positives reported under the second phase not yet been announced .

At the moment there are 9,329 Corona Positives receiving treatment at hospitals ,quarantine centers and under home care system the Epidemiology Unit has stated ,

However only 5886 "PCR " Tests and 2824 Rapid Antigen Tests had  been performed in the country yesterday (25) according to Health Promotions Bureau .

Another 13 Corona Deaths Had Been Reported Today (26)

 Another 13 Corona deaths had been reported in the country today (26) Increasing the total number of Corona deaths that had been reported so far to 14,884 according to Director General Of Health Services (DGHS).


Accordingly 09 males and 04 females had died due to Corona infection the DGHS has stated .Out of the deceased 09 were over 60 years of age and 04 were belonged to the age group 30-60 years it has been revealed .

An Urgent Water Cut Imposed In 09 Areas At Colombo Distrcit Without A Prior Notice

 An urgent 12 hour water cut had been imposed by the National Water Supplies and Drainage Board two hours ago  at 09 areas in Colombo District  without a prior notice  due to a sudden power failure .


Accordingly this water cut had been imposed in Kotte,Kaduwela ,Dehiwala ,Mount Lavinia ,Maharagama ,Boralesgamuwa ,Kolonnawa ,Kotikawatte and Mulleriyawa areas with effect from 9.30 p.m tonight the board has announced .

Saturday, December 25, 2021

James Webb Space Telescope lifts off on historic mission

COVID curtails Christmas celebrations worldwide 


COVID curtails Christmas celebrations worldwide


 

278 Corona Positives Had Been Recovered And Discharged Today (25)

 Another 278 Corona Positives had been recovered and discharged from Hospitals and quarantine centers today (25) according to Epidemiology Unit ,


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පිවිතුරු ආදරයක් යනු කිසි දින  අනුන්ට වංචා නොකරන අනුන්ගේ දැ කඩා නොගන්නා ,අවංක සිත්වල පමණක් හටගන්නා උතුම් වූ  සිතිවිල්ලකි (උපුටා ගැනීමකි ) 




Around 1000 Food Containers Are Being Stucked At Colombo Harbor Due To Dollar Shortage

 Around 1000 Containers containing imported essential commodities are being Stucked at Colombo Harbor due to the Dollar shortage in the country according to Importers . 


Accordingly these Containers contains essential commodities including sugar ,Coriander ,Big anions ,Potatoes ,Sprats ,Dried fish and other ingredients and some of these food items are nearing  to expire they have stated .

Although Government had promised to issue US Dollars to release these containers from the harbor  still not been able to issue them as promised Importers have further stated

Another 529 Corona Positives Had Been Reported Today (25)-Corona Tests Further Reduced

 A total of 529 Corona positives had been reported today (25) in the country as the number of PCR and Rapid Antigen tests perform daily in the island has been furthrt reduced according to Health Ministry sources .


With this number the total number of Corona positives   had risen to 583,251 the sources had stated .

At the moment 9252 Corona positives are being treated at hospitals ,Quarantine centers and under home care system it has been reported .














Another 19 Corona Deaths Had Been Reported Today (25)

 Another 19 Corona deaths had been reported in the country today (25) increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to  14,871  according to Director General Of Health Services (DGHS) .


Accordingly 12 females and 07 males had died due to Corona infection the DGHS has stated .

Out of the deceased 16 were over 60 years of age and 02 were belonged to 30-60 year age group it has been revealed .One of the deceased was under 30 years old .

Friday, December 24, 2021

Bangladesh ferry fire: Dozens killed near Jhalakathi

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59777784 


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 බොහෝ දෙනා තම බැඳීමට සිය පණ වුවද පුද කිරීමට කැමති බව ප්‍රදර්ශනය කළද අනෙකා ඇගයිය යුතු තැන්  මගහරින අවස්ථා එමටය .අනෙකාගේ දක්ෂතාවය  ප්‍රදර්ශනයට වඩා හදවතින්ම ඇගයිය හැක්කේ සැබෑ ආදරණීයයන්ට පමණි (උපුටා ගැනීමකි ) 


                         


573 Corona Positives Had Been Reported In The Country Today (24)

The Government Information Department has only announced the number of Corona Positives reported under the first phase this evening and accordingly 573 Corona Positives had been reported in the country so far for today (24) .


With this number the total number of Corona Positives reported in the country so far had risen to 582,722 it has been reported .

Indian State Of Maharashtra Announced New COVID Curbs Amidst Omicron Spread -,Sri Lankan Health Authorities Still In The Dark

https://www.google.com/amp/s/economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/newsblogs/latest-daily-news-and-live-updates-december-24/amp_liveblog/88464087.cms 


323 Corona Positives Had Been Recovered And Discharged Today (24)

 Another 323 Corona Positives had been recovered and discharged from hospitals today (24) according to Epidemiology Unit .


Accordingly the total number of Corona positives recovered and discharged so far had risen to 558,850 the Unit has stated .

20 Corona Deaths Had Been Reported Today (24)

 Another 20 Corona deaths had been reported today (13) increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to 14,852 According to Director General Of Health Services (DGHS)..


Accordingly 12 males and 08 females had died due to Corona infection the DGHS has stated .

Out of the deceased 14 were over 60 years of age it has been revealed .


Thursday, December 23, 2021

Pillar of Shame: Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square statue removed

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59764029 


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                                           ආදරය කරන සැම අයෙක්ම එකිනෙකා වෙනුවෙන් කැපවීම් සිදු නොකරන අතර අවශ්‍ය මොහොතේ ළඟ නොසිටි , එවැනි කැපවීම් සිදු කළ හැක්කේ සැබෑ  ආදරයකට පමණකි .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )

                                           


Ministry Of Finance To Issue Licences For Three Liquor Manufacturing Plants

 The Ministry of Finance is to issue licences to three Large scale Businessmen in the country to start 03 Liquor Manufacturing plants it has been reported .


Accordingly these  liquor licences are scheduled to be issued before end of this month .

At the moment Sri Lanka has around 25 liquor manufacturing plants it has been revealed .

554 Corona Positives Had Been Reported Today (23)

 A total of 554 Corona positives had been reported today (23) in the country ,Increasing the total number of Corona positives reported so far to 582,149 according to Epidemiology Unit .


Accordingly 8790 Corona positives are being treated at hospitals ,Quarantine centers and under home care system the Unit has stated .

21 Corona Deaths Had Been Reported Today (23)

 Another 21 Corona deaths had been reported in the country today (23) Increasing the total number of Corona deaths that had been reported so far to 14,832 according to Director General Of Health Services (DGHS)


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Accordingly 14 males And 07 females had died due to Corona infection DGHS has stated .Out of the deceased 16 were over 60 years of age and 03 were belonged to 30-60 year age group.

One of the  deceased was under 30 years old it has been revealed .

Seven Were Killed And Twenty Injured After A Motor Car Hit The Crowd

 Seven Persons including a samall.child  have died and twenty were injured and hospitalized due to.a Motor car participated a Motor cross ra...