Five Corona Positives Had Been Discharged From Hospitals Today (25)

A total of 05 Corona positives had been

discharged from hospitals today (25)after full recovery according to the Epidemeology Unit.

Accordingly the total number of Corona positives discharged from hospitals after full recovery had risen to 2816 .

Health Trade Unions Demanding To Advertise The Post Of Director General Of Health Services-No Need For Acting Post

Health Trade Unions are demanding

the  Government to Advertise the Post of  Director General Of Health Services  (DG)and appointed a suitable person for the post without appointing  someone to cover the duties of the Post  (Acting ).

Health trade unions are demanding this As Deputy  Director General of Health Services (Planning ) Dr.S.Sridharan has been appointed as the Acting Director General of Health Services following the appointment of former  DG Dr.Anil Jasinghe  as the new Secretary to the Ministry of Enviornment.

However according to the Government Medical Laboratory Technologists Union Acting DG post is not relevent to the Health Sector at the moment and the vacant DG post should have advertised and then need to select the most suitable candidate for the post according to the due procedure .

Until a suitable candidate is being selected, the medical administrator who is the most senior in the Health Department should have been  appointed to cover up the duties of DG Post the union has stated.

However Dr.Sridharan who has been appointed as acting  DG   was selected by avoiding senior administrators in the Health Department health unions have pointed out .

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Corona Pandamic -Bali Closed To Foreign Tourists Until End Of 2020

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Sri Lankan Mobile Consumers To Be Granted A Number Portability Service

Telecommunications Regulatory

Commission  (TRC) of  Sri Lanka has introduced a special programme called "Number portability " which gives Mobile consumers a chance to change their mobile service provider  company without changing their existing mobile number and sim card  according to TRC .

Preliminary steps had been taken to implement this programme for the benefit of local mobile consumers the TRC has tweeted in it"s Twitter account .

Corona Death Rate In Sri Lanka Has Been Increased To 0.41 Percent

As a result of the 12 th Corona death

reported in Sri Lanka last Saturday (22) The Corona death rate has been increased to 0.41 percent from 0.38 percent according to Health Promotions Bureau.

The deceased  female who had arrived from India after receiving Cancer treatment for her Cancer has died whilst receiving treatment at Intensive Care Unit of the Infectious Diseases Hospital  (IDH) at Angoda.

Her cremation had taken a place on last Sunday evening at Kotikawatta General Cemetery with the participation of few of her relatives imcluding her husband.

The husband of the deceased who has also went to India with her is also under quarantine at a Hotel after his wife was tested positive for Corona virus. 

Thirty Five State Ministries Got New Secretaries

Government has  appointed new

Secretaries to 35 State Ministries yesterday  (24)

A Gazette Notification has been issued on this regard yesterday including the names of new Secretaries.