Sri Lanka announced Friday it has confirmed its first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in an unvaccinated person who returned from Nigeria. Health ministry spokesperson Dr. Hemantha ...
COLOMBO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka announced a 10-day lockdown starting on Friday night in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as surging infections and deaths overwhelm the island's ...
On April 20, a 76-year-old man from Neerveli village, in northern Sri Lanka’s Jaffna district, died after he was found to be infected with COVID-19 at the Jaffna Teaching Hospital. The bodies of COVID ...
Since May 2020, the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project (ERHSP) has helped the Government of Sri Lanka respond to emergency needs by providing essential medical ...
(Corrects Sri Lanka population to 22 million in seventh paragraph of Friday story) COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka announced a 10-day lockdown starting on Friday night in an effort to curb the spread of ...