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Saturday, January 9, 2021

Two Rural Development Areas (Grama Niladari Wasam)in Giriulla Police Division and selected areas at Koskote area in Pujapitiya Police Division at Kandy had been isolated with immediate effect according to National Covid -19 Prevention Center chief Army Commander General Shavendre De Silva .

Accordingly Mummana Rural Development officer area atand Weththawa Rural Development area in pannala at Giriulla Police division and Selected areas at Koskote in Pujapitiya Police division had been isolated due to the surge of Corona cases .

University Grants Commission Has Been Closed Down After Identifying Corona Positive Employee

The University Grants Commission (UGC)office at Ward Place in Colombo -07 has been temporarily closed down since last morning (08)after detecting one of the employees at the office as a Corona positive the Minister of Education Professor G.L Pieris has informed yo the parliament yesterday .

"PCR "tests are being conducted on all employees at the UGC after the incident professor Pieris had stated .

State Minister Dayasiri Jayasekare Had Bern Tested Positive For Corona Virus

State Minister of Batik ,Hand Machinary and Local handlooms Dayasiri Jayasekare had been tested positive for Corona Virus and admitted to a Quarantine treatment center at Hikkaduwa in Galle District (Southern Province ) yesterday (08)according to The government sources .

The state Minister had been identified as asymptomatic Corona positive it had been revealed .His family members ,Many Cabinet Ministers ,parliamentarians ,Officials and members of the General public who had close contacts with him had been informed by the Health authorities to quarantine it has been reported .

State Minister Jayasekare had undergone a "PCR " test after three persons who had met him at his office in Hettipola at Kurunagala two weeks ago had been tested positive for Corona virus according to reports .

The Minister was the first Parliamentarian identified as infected with Corona virus since the Corona pandamic had began spreading in the country since last March .

524 Corona Positives Had Been Reported Yesterday (08)

A total of 524 Corona positives had been reported yesterday (08) increasing the total number of Corona positives reported in the country so far to 47,305 According to National Covid -19 Prevention Center .

Accordingly all these Corona Positives were contacts of the previous Corona positives reported from.Minuwangoda ,Paliyagoda and Prisons Corona clusters the center has stated .The total number of Corona positives reported so far from these Corona clusters had now risen to 43,547 .

At the moment 6763 Corona positives are being treated at government hospitals and treatment centers .

Friday, January 8, 2021

Three Corona Deaths Reported Yesterday (09)

Three more Corona Deaths had been reported yesterday (08)in the country increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to 225 according to the Health Ministry

Accordingly two males and a female of the ages 75,72 and 87 years had died due to the. Complications of the non communicable diseases suffered by them caused by the Corona virus the Ministry has stated .

Two males had died at Colombo National and Ratnapura Teaching Hospitals and the female. Had died at home it had been revealed .