Minister Of Power and Energy Dallas Alahpperuma is currently under quarantine at his house in Colombo after two members of his staff had been tested positive for Corona virus .The Ministry premises too had been shut down since last Monday and after being disinfected it has been opened today ,\\
She has died after the Van she was travelling in from Nuwara Eliya to Colombo after a Tele drama shooting had fallen in to a 200 feet deep precipice at Lindula area according to reports ,
The driver of Van had been arrested by the Police over the incident and he had been later remanded after producing before the court until 03rd of August ,
The questions risen after her sudden demise are As an elderly person why she had travelled so far for a Teledrama shooting amidst Corona pandemic and at a time Inter Provincial restrictions are enforced . Law should be equal to all.
සැබවින්ම ආදරය ,කරන දෙදෙනෙකු කෙතරම් කාර්යබහුල වුවද එකිනෙකා වෙනුවෙන් ගත කිරීම සඳහා කාලය සොයා ගනී ,බොහෝ දෙනෙකුට තම ආදරණීයයන් වෙනුවෙන් වැය කිරීමට කාලය නොමැති වුවද සමාජ මාධ්ය ජාලවල ගත කිරීමට ,හරසුන් ඕපාදුප සෙවීමට නම් ඕනෑතරම් කාලය පවති එසේ නොකරනුයේ තම ආදරයට සැබවින්ම ගරු කරන අය පමණි (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )
Health Authorities had today (31) announced the number of Corona positives reported from the first batch of "PCR " and Rapid Antigen tests conducted yesterday as 2150 .However the results of the second batch of Tests were not yet been revealed and with the number of Corona positives announced so far the total number of Corona Positives reported up to now had been increased to 308,812 according to Director General Of Health Services ,
At the moment 27,134 Corona positives are being treated at Government Hospitals and quarantine centers it has been revealed .
A total of 61 Corona Deaths had been reported in the country today (31) increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to 4,441 according to Director General Of Health Services ,
Out of the deceased 36 were females and 25 were males it has been revealed ,Majority of the deceased which is 42 were over 60 years old and 19 were belonged to 30-60 year group ,
A Sri Lankan Airlines Flight had brought 728,460 doses of Oxford -Astraseneca "Covishield " vaccine Japanese Government had donated to Sri Lanka under the "Covax " facility of the World Health Organization ,
This stock is being scheduled to be used to vaccinate little more than 540,000 persons who had already received the first dose of "Covishield " vaccine and the rest of the stock is scheduled to be sent to a Anti Corona vaccination programme in Kegalle Health authorities had been revealed ,This is the largest consignment of Corona vaccine doses received to Sri lanka under the " Covax " faculty so far according to the WHO office in Colombo ,
Japan is scheduled to be donated a total of 1.45 million doses of "Covishield " " Vaccine to Sri Lanka under "Covax " facility and the rest of the stock is due to arrive in Sri Lanka on 07 th of August according to Health Authorities .
Meanwhile stocks received to Sri lanka from "Pfizer " ,Moderna and "Sputnik " vaccines had been sent to Central Province and Mannar recently without distributing them to MOH Offices in Western Province it has been reported ,At present all the MOH offices and vaccine centers are giving Chinese vaccine "Sinopharam " and many had refused to take it according to reports ,
The 22 member Cabinet of the new government which was appointed yesterday (18) had assumed duties in the respective Ministries today (19) i...
