Public transport services had been. Paralyzed further today(02)due to the current fuel shortage faced by the countries according to the Private Bus Unions .
Only around 4500 Private Buses had run on roads today due to this situation.accordibg to the lanka Private Bus owners Association .
Although the State Minister of Transport Dilum Amunugama had stated that fuel will be supplied to private buses through Srilanka transport board depots it had not happened yet private bus owners had stated .
Public Utilities Commission had permitted the Ceylon Electricity Board(CEB) to implement seven and half hour Island wide Power cut for tomorrow (03) due to the fuel shortage faced by the Electricity Board according to the President of The Commission Janaka Ratnayake .
Accordingly this power cut will be implemented as five hours from 8 a.m to 6 p.m and two and half hours between 6 p.m to 11 p.m tomorrow (03) he has stated .Today (02) The Board had implemented a seven hour Island Wide power cut .
A total number of 751 Corona Positives Had been reported in the country todsy (02)Increasing the total number of Corona Positives reported so far to 647,699 according to Epidemiology Unit .
At the moment 22,140 Corona Positives are being treated at hospitals ,Quarantine centers and under home care the unit has stated .Only 4650 PCR tests and 2669 Rapid Antigen tests had been performed in the country yesterday (01)it has been reported ,
Another 23 Corona deaths had been reported in the country today (02) increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to 16,267 according to Director General Of Health Services (DGHS).
Out of the deceased majority were over 60 years of age the DGHS has announced .
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