A total of 101 Corona deaths had been reported in the country yesterday (10) according to the Epidemiology Unit .
This is the highest number of Corona deaths that had been reported in a single day at the country so far .Accordingly the total number of Corona deaths reported so far had been increased to 2011 the Epidemiology Unit has stated ,
Authorities had today (11) lifted the isolation imposed on 26 Grama Sewa Niladhari Divisions (Rural Development Officers Divisions ) belonging to 07 districts subjected to current Island Wide Travel Restrictions .
Accordingly isolation of 26 Grama Niladhari Divisions namely Monaragala ,Hambanthota ,Trincomalee ,Nuwara-Eliya ,Batticaloa ,Kalutara and Gampaha Districts had lifted from this morning ,
Another 65,000 doses of Russia made "Sputnik -v " Anti Corona Vaccine are schedule to be arrive in Sri Lanka today (11) according to the authorities ,This stock is scheduled to be handed over to the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation and out of it 15,000 doses will be allocated for the second dose for those 15,000 in Kandy who had received the first dose of the vaccine recently the Government has stated .
Earlier due to the availability of limited number of Sputnik -v vaccine doses in the country ,some politicians had stated that one dose of the " Sputnik -v "vaccine is enough by saying its the opinion of Specialists , However as another stock of Vaccine is schedule to arrive in the country today ,Authorities are now saying that the second dose will be given to those who had already received the first dose of the vaccine ,
Although the number of daily Corona infections and Corona deaths are on the increase and Medical specialist have been urged the authorities to tighten the current island wide travel restrictions at least from another week to control the spread of the virus .However General Silva has revealed the media yesterday that the government will decide on the future of current travel restrictions according to the recommendations of Medical specialists in the country ,
A total of 2738 Corona positives had been reported in the country yesterday (10) ,raising the total number of Corona positives reported so far to 216,134 according to National Covid-10 Prevention Center .
Accordingly majority of the Corona positives reported yesterday were from Gampaha Destruct (575) and 339 Positives were reported from Colombo District .At the moment 31,986 Corona positives are being treated at Government hospitals and quarantine centers ,
Meanwhile 1038 persons were arrested yesterday by the police over violating quarantine laws .
