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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Europe Tighten Measures Amidst Sharp Rise In Corona Cases

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54522279

Government Has Requested All Public And Private Institutions To Update The Details Of Their Employees

Government has requested all the Public and Private institutions in the country to update the personal details of all their employees within next 03 days in view of Current corona pandemic.

Government is being expected all institutions in the country to update their employees details after
knowing that personal details of those employees at Brandix Apparel factory in Minuwangoda who went missing soon after the creating of a Corona cluster were not updated .The contact numbers /lodging places, and resident addresses of those employees who are in hiding are incorrect according to Polic Media Spokesman Deputy Inspector General Of Police (DIG ) Ajith Rohana .

Government To Reduce The Import Taxes Imposed On Big Anions ,Canned Fish ,Sugar and Dhal

Government has decided to remove import taxes imposed on four essential commodities namely Big Anions ,Canned fish, Sugar and Dhal with effect from midnight tonight (13) considering the current rise of Cost of Living and corona pandemic threat ,the President's Media Division has
announced this evening .

Accordingly the new price of a Kilo Gramme of Big Anions will be Rs.100 ,Price of a a Kilo Gramme of Sugar will be Rs.85 and a tin of Canned fish will be Rs.200 with effect from midnight tonight.

Those who are purchasing goods over Rs.500 worth unclouding Big anions ,Sugar and Canned Fish from government owned Sathosa outlasts will receive a Kilo Gramme of Dhal for Rs.150 it has been revealed .

Pinnawala Elephant Orpganage To Close Down Temporarily

Department of Zoology has decided to close down the Pinnawala Zoological Garden and Pinnawala Elephant orphanage for tourists temporarily due to the current Corona pandamic threat it haa been announced today (13).

This decision has been taken accordance to the instructions given by Ministry of Wild Life.

However administration activities of the Pinnawala orphanage is scheduled to be functioned normally .

Monday, October 12, 2020

121 Corona Posiives had Been Reported Last Sunday (11)And 90 Were Reported Yesterday (12)

A total of 121 Corona positives mainly from Brandix Corona cluster had been reported ion last Sunday (11)and 90 positives reported yesterday( 12)according to Epidemeology Unit .

A total of 34 Community cases had been reported on last sunday including three doctors in Mawanella and Kegalle.

A total of 4844 Corona Positives had been reported so far in the country and 1514 positives are being treated in Government Hospitals at present .