A total of 4282 Corona positives had been reported yesterday (22) in the country ,increasing the total number of Corona positives reported so far to 390,000 according to Ministry of Health .This was the first time that the number of daily Corona positives in Sri Lanka had exceeded over 4000 .
At the moment 40,475 Corona positives are being treated at Government hospitals and Quarantine Centers it has been reported .
Another 183 Corona deaths had been reported in the country yesterday (22) increasing the total number of Corona deaths that had been reported up to now to 7366 according to Director General of Health Setvices .
Accordingly 107 males and 76 females had died due to Corona infection yesterday .Out of the deceased 136 were of the age over 60 years and 45 were bomged to the age group 30-60 years .There were 2 persons under 30 years of age among the deceased .
Another 76,000 doses of Pfizer Anti Corona Vaccine had arrived in Sri Lanka this morning (23) according to Authorities .
This stock of "Pfizer " vaccine doses had been brought to Sri Lanka through a Qatar Airways flight it has been revealed .
Meanwhile Sri Lanka is due to recieve another stock of 01 miliion Sinopharm vaccine doses tomorrow (24) according to Chinese embassy in Colombo .
Upto now little more than 10 million persons in Sri Lanka had been received at least one dose of Anti Corona vaccine and little more than 5.6 million had received two doses of Corona vaccine the Epifemrology unit has stated .
Although a 10 day quarantine curfew is being imposed in the country at present to prevent the spreading of Corona virus ,there's a need to perform at least around 100,000 daily "PCR " Tests in the country to achieve success through this curfew claims the Political Bureau member of leftist Jantha Wimukthi Permauna Lal Kantha .
In addition authorities should have launched an island wide mission to trace contacts of the Corona positives he has stressed
A group of 46 dancers participated in the procession "Randoli " held prior to the historical Esala Procession (Perahara ) representing Kataragama Dewalaya (Temple ) scheduled to be held today (22),had tested positive corona virus it has been reported .
These dancers had been tested positive for Corona virus after performing Rapid Antigen tests for 76 dancers representing Kataragama Dewalaya according to reports ,Those who had tested positive and their close contacts were removed from the procession and currently are under quarantine .Health authorities in Kandy had taken steps to perform Rapid Antigen tests for all those participating Esala Procession daily it has been reveled ,
All non academic staff attached to the Universities Island wide had launched a continuous Strike with effect from yestetday (02) demand...
