President"s Secretary P.B Jayadundara had today (05) instructed the Import -Export Controller to issue a Gazette notification banning the Import of palm oil to Sri lanka.
This instruction was made accordance to the advise of President Gotabaya Rajapskshe Presidents secretary has stated .President Rajapskshe had advised the authorities to stop releasing the stocks of imported Palm oil to the local market .
Meanwhile palm cultivation in Sri lanka has been banned according to sources .
Another 187 Corona positives had bern recovered and discharged from Government hospitals and treatment centers today (04) according to Epidemeology Unit.
Accordingly 90,288 Corona positives had bern discharged after full recovery Upto now.
Two Corona deaths had been reported in the country today (04) increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far in the country to 581 according to National Covid -19 Prevention center.
Accordingly a 79 year. Old female resided in psnsiyagama area and 61 year old male resided at Motonthota area had died due to Covid pneumonia and complications of non communicable diseases they have suffered from due to the corona infection it had been revealed
Another 122 Corona Positives had been reported today (04) increasing the total number of Corona Positives reported in the country to 93,436 According to National Covid -19 Prevention Center .
However the number of "PCR "tests performs Daily is not being issued by the authorities . .
At the moment 2647 Corona positives are being treated at Government Hospitals and quarantine Centers.
