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Thursday, October 21, 2021

First Sextuplet Birth Reported From Sri Lanka Today (21)

A female in Sri Lanka had given birth to Sextuplets at Ninewells Private Hospital in Narahenpita in wee hours of this morning (21) the first of it's kind in Sri Lanka's Medical history it has been announced .

The 03 girls and 03 boys had born through Caesarian surgery performed by a team of doctors lead by Professor Tiran Dias the head of the Caesarian Section . The parents of these Sextuplets are residents in IDH ,Colombo and the 31 year old mother and the babies are reported as in good condition and are being treated at ICU at the moment .

Sextuplet births are rare in world and less then 200 such births had been reported so far it has been reported .The incidence of occurring Sextuplet birth spontaneously is 1 per 4.7 billion population it has been revealed .

19 Corona Deaths Had Been Reported Today (21)

Another 19 Corona Deaths had been reported in the country today (21),Increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to 13,562 the Director General Of Health Services (DGHS).

Accordingly 11 ,males and 08 females had died due to Corona infection the DGHS has stated .Out of the deceased 15 were over 60 years of age and 04 were belonged to 30-60 year age group ,

LIOC Increased The Prices Of Petrol And Diesel

Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC) had increased the Petrol and Diesel Prices with effect from Midnight tonight (21) the Company had announced .

Accordingly a Liter of Octane -92 Petrol and a Liter of Auto Diesel had been increased by Rs.5 the LIOC had stated .According to the new price increase the new price of a liter of Octane -92 Petrol will be Rs.162 and a Liter of Auto Diesel will be Rs.116 .

There will be no change of the prices of Super Diesel and Octane-95 Petrol the LIOC had stated .The prices of Petrol and Diesel had been increased due to the price hike of Crude oil in the world market according to the company ..

After the price increase had been announced heavy queues had seen in front of LIOC fuel stations and Ceypetco Fuel stations this evening .

554 Corona Positives Had Been Reported Today (21)

A total of 554 Corona Positives had been reported in the country today (21) ,Increasing the total number of Corona positives reported so far to 533.860 according to Epidemiology Unit.

At the moment 17,834 Corona Positives are being treated at Hospitals /Quarantine Centers and under home care system the Unit has stated ,

Another 8790 Corona Positives had been recovered and discharged today from the hospitals and quarantine centers increasing the total number of Corona positives recovered and discharged so far to 502,464 the Epidemiology Unit has announced .

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

All Schools With Less Then 200 Students Are To Be Opened Tomorrow (21)

All Schools with less than 200 students located throughout the Island are scheduled to be opened tomorrow (21) under Health guidelines according to the Ministry Of Education .Accordingly around 3880 Schools are due to be re opened tomorrow .

Meanwhile Many Teachers and Principals Trade Unions had decided not to attend schools tomorrow ,However to attend schools from next Monday (25).All teachers in the island are currently engaged in boycotting online teaching since few months .

Meanwhile Health Experts have warned that All school children who are attending classes from tomorrow should follow Anti Corona health guidelines strictly to avoid making Corona clusters within schools