Tag: Colombo

Random PCR and antigen tests will be conducted islandwide during the weekend from today and the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year week, in order to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, Army Chief and Head of the National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19, General Shavendra Silva said.

The rich cross-border collaboration and exchange between Sri Lanka and India has been halted by the pandemic

The Colombo Municipal Council yesterday said it had allocated six centers in Colombo this week where those above the age of 60 years can receive the anti COVID19 Astra Zeneca jabs.

A massive mural which was put up at the Viharamahadevi Park early yesterday ahead of a protest highlighting ecocide in Sri Lanka, was taken down by officials yesterday allegedly on the instructions by high ranking government officials

Colombo has recorded a sudden rise in Covid infections, after the numbers dropped over the past couple of weeks.

The Health Ministry, yesterday said returnees who have received both the doses of the ANTICOVID-19 vaccinations will be exempted from quarantine after undergoing a PCR test upon arrival and the results come in negative.

The proposal to ban face coverings, such as the burqa and niqab, worn by Muslim women is for national security purposes and not because of any resistance towards the Islam religion, Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekera told the Daily Mirror last evening.

Despite the pandemic and the attendant restrictions, men, women, brides and grooms-to-be, flocked to the wedding bazaar set up by Asia Exhibition and Conventions on March 6 and 7 in Colombo

Health officials from the Colombo Municipal Council said that the COVID-19 infections in Colombo were on the decline in recent weeks and from an estimated 250 random PCR and antigen tests being conducted, an average one or two people were testing positive in comparison to the average 70 or 80 positives.

Scientific surveys have found that the oxygen percentage in the atmosphere of the Colombo city is gradually declining in proportion to its population, the Ministry of Environment said.