A total of 11 Corona deaths had been reported today (08) In the country ,Increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to 16,350 the Director General Of Health Services (DGHS).
Accordingly 05 males and 06 females had died due to Corona Infection the DGHS has stated ,Out of the deceased 06 were over 60 years of age and 04 were belonged to 20-60 year age group .One of the deceased was under 30 years of age it has been revealed .
Another 632 Corona Positives had been reported today (08) Increasing the total number of Corona Positives reported so far to 653,661 according to Epidemiology Unit .
At the moment 18,925 Corona Positives are being treated at Hospitals ,Quarantine Centers and under home care system the Unit has stated ,
Only 3542 PCR Tests and 1785 Rapid Antigen Tests had been performed in the country yesterday (07).
President Gotabahya Rajapakshe had today (07) advised the Secretary to the Ministry OF Buddha sasana ,Religion and Cultural Affairs Professor Kapila Gunawardnae to take steps to name late Majestic Tusker "Nadungamuwe Raja " who had carried the sacred tooth relics of Lord Buddha most of the times in annual "Esala " Procession in Kandy as a "National Treasure ".
President had also advise to preserve the body of late Tusker who died at the age of 69 in Weliweriya ,Gampaha District this morning after prolonged illness for the viewing of future generations .
ජීවිතයට වඩාත් වටිනුයේ ඔබගේ අඩුපාඩු හා දුර්වලතා සොයන ඒවා මත පිහිටා ඔබව විනිශ්චය කරන පුද්ගලයන්ගේ ව්යාජ ආදරය නොව ඔබ කෙතරම් සතුටු වුවාද /දුක් වුවාදැයි ඔබට කෙතරම් රිදුනාදයි සිතන ආදරණීයයෙකුගේ ගැඹුරු ආදරයයි .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )
Although President Gotabaya Rajapakshe had advised the authorities not to implement an Island Wide Power Cut after 05th of March ,The Public utilities Commission had given permission to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to implement a seven and half hour long Power cut for two zones during tomorrow(08).
Accordingly seven and half hour Power cut will be implemented for E and F zones and another three hour Power cut will be implemented for the zones P,W,Q,R,S,T,U,V and W from 8 a.m in the morning to night .
Tsunami memories:What happened in Paraliya in 2004.
