Another 66 Corona deaths had been reported in the country today (29) increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to 4324 according to Director General Of Health Services (DGHS)
Out of the Corona deaths reported today 41 were males and 25 were females the DGHS has announced ,49 of the deceased were of the ages over 60 years and 17 were of the ages 30-60 it has been revealed ,
Sri Lanka is due to receive 728,460 doses of Oxford=Astra zeneca vaccines this Saturday (31) from Japan under the "Covax"scheme of World Health Organization .These doses are mainly scheduled to be used as the second dose of those who had only received the first dose of the vaccine it has been announced
Around 540.000 persons are due to be vaccinated through these doses according
to Health Officials .
A cluster of Sapphires recovered from a private land in Kahawatte ,Ratnapaura few months back whilst digging the ground is worth more than US Dollars 200 million according to the National Gem And Jewelry Authority .The 510 Kilo gramme Sapphire cluster is due to be auctioned at a fair scheduled to be held in China this September the authorities had revealed .
It is also known as the World's biggest cluster of gems recovered from a single place ,
However some Gem experts are on the view that the Sapphire cluster found from a private land is not worth much as mentioned by Gems and Jewelry Authority ,
Meanwhile State Minister Lohan Ratwatte has today stated that the government will receive 10 percent of the value of this Gem cluster when once it is sold ,
