Tag: Health

As Sri Lanka’s daily COVID-19 cases count continues to soar, the Ministry of Health has decided to triage the virus-infected patients for hospitalization on a priority basis.

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The number of coronavirus positive patients detected in Sri Lanka crossed the 266,000 mark as another 816 new Covid-19 cases had been detected across the country yesterday (5).

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday instructed health sector officials to vaccinate all the people above the age of 30 in the Western Province (WP) before July 31, the President’s Media Division said.

While saying that the people’s behaviour during the last three days was not satisfactory, Director-general of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena said the authorities would have to further tighten restrictions if people’s behaviour continues to be irresponsible in the period ahead.

Health Ministry has issued revised new health guidelines to be followed by the public.

Japan's top medical experts warned on Friday that holding the Olympics during the COVID-19 pandemic could increase infections, and said banning all spectators was the least risky option, setting up a possible collision with organisers.

Sushant Singh Rajput was not the most followed actor on Instagram or Twitter but, post his death, he dominated social media trends for a large part of 2020 as thousands turned keyboard warriors in the crusade for justice for him.

According to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association, undesired changes in weight driven by pandemic stress are widespread: 42 per cent of adults reported gaining weight

One of Japan's official Tokyo Olympics sponsors, Asahi Shimbun newspaper, on Wednesday called for the cancellation of the upcoming Games, calling it a "threat to health" of the citizen of the country and the stakeholders of the event, scheduled to get underway from July 23.