President Had Refused To Lockdown The Country As Requested By Medical Specialists -Decided To Ban Inter Provincial Movements

 Instead of imposing an island wide lockdown in the country  to curb the Current corona pandemic ,Government had decided to tightened the current Inter provincial restrictions with effect from midnight yesterday (13) night .Under this decision  Government has decided to ban inter provincial travel and accordingly  no one in a province will be able to cross the borders  of another Province  except the individuals involved in essential services Government has announced ,

Also State sector institutions are being allowed to restrict the employees who are returning to work daily due to the Current pandemic and private sector too is being allowed to do the same ,

However Medical specialists in the country again urged the government to impose a nationwide twoo week lockdown to curb the spreading of Delta variant and to reduce the amount of deaths among corona patients ,

Meanwhile President Gotabahya Rajapakshe had yesterday  again refused to lockdown the country as Medical specialist are being requested ,He had refused to lockdown the country during a meeting held between him and Health Ministry Officials on last Thursday as well .

155 Corona Deaths And 3142 Corona Positives Had Been Reported Yesterday (13)

 A total of 3142 Corona Positives and 155 Corona deaths had been reported in the country yesterday (13) according to the Director General Of Health Services .Accordingly the total number of Corona deaths reported from the country has been increased to 348,270 it has been revealed .

With the 155 corona deaths reported yesterday (13) the total number of  Corona deaths reported so far has been increased to 5775 the Director  General Of  Health Services ,Out of the deceased 85 were males and 70 were females it has been reported .There were 111 persons over the ages of 60 years among the dead .

At the moment 38,022 Corona Positives  are being treated at Government hospitals and Quarantine Centers .

A 43 Year Old British National Had Been Arrested With A Haul Of Cannabis

 Hikkaduwa Police had arrested a 43 year old British National with 01 Kilo Gramme of Cannabis in his possession at Hikkaduwa area during a raid carried out  yesterday (12) .

The suspect was arrested according to an information received by the police and he is due to be produced before the court  ,

Consumer Affairs Authority Had Issued A Circular Regarding Fixed Prices For "PCR " And "Rapid Antigen Tests

The consumer affairs authority had today (12) issued a circular regarding the fixed prices of "PCR "  amd "Rapid Antigen "Tests performs in Private health sector ,

Accordingly private sector should  charge Rs.6500 for a "PCR " test  and Rs.2000 for a "Rapid Antigen "Test  from the public .Those who are  violating  the circular will be punished  according to the law the Health Ministry   had stated ,

3039 Corona Positives Had Been Reported Today (12)

 A total of 3039 Corona positives had been reported to day (12) in the country ,increasing the total number of Corona positives reported so fat to 345,118 according to Director General Of Health Services ,

At the moment 37,199 Corona positives are being treated at Government Hospitals and Quarantine Centers it has been revealed ,

Sri Lanka Has Reported 156 Coroan Deaths Today (12)

 Sri Lanka has reported 156 Corona deaths today (12) increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far in the country  to 5620 according to Director General Of Health Services 

Accordingly 87 Males and 69 females had died due to Corona infection and out of the deceased 121 were of  the age over 60 years ,

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