EMANTHI-NEWSBLOG: Apr 21, 2021

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Six Sri Lankans vaccinated with Oxford -AstraZeneca "Covishield " Anti Corona vaccine had developed blood clots and three of them had died due to it according to Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi .

Answering to a question raised by Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa at Parliament today ,Minister has stated that there"s no evidence found to prove that there s a link between blood clots and Corona vaccines .

Second Year Remembrance Of Easter Sunday Attacks Fell Today (21)

New Year Corona Cluster Is On The Making -516 Corona positives Had Been Reported Today (21)

Another 516 Corona positives had been reported in the country today (21)Increasing the total numbet of Corona Positives reported so far to 98,050 according to National Covid -19 Prevention Center .

At the moment 3752 Corona positives are being treated at Government hospitals and quarantine centers .

Authorities had openly relaxed the Anti Corona restrictions during the Sinhala /Hindu New year season and allowed people to move freely for shopping and leisure trips afterwards .Even they have reduced the number of "PCR "tests conducted daily to 4000-5000 .

Now the Health Authorities suddenly woke up.and requested the public to adhere to Anti Corona health guidelines to avoid the 03rd Corona wave which is on the way already .

Five Corona Deaths Reported Today (21)

Five Corona deaths had been reported in the country today (21) increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to 630 according to National Covid -19 Prevention Center .

Accordingly five males resided at Sevanagala ,Ja-ela,Kelsniya ,Ratnapura and Gampaha areas had died due to Covid pneumonia and complications of the non Communicable diseases they have suffered from.the Center has stated .

The deceased were of the ages 75,80,66,57 and 39 years it has been revealed .