Courtesy The Daily Mirror A South African variant of COVID-19 known as B.1.351 has been detected from a patient in a quarantine center in Sri Lanka for the first time, Director of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of Sri Jayewardenepura University, Dr. Chandima Jeewandara said. He said the patient is a returnee from […]

More >

Courtesy Adaderana Five more COVID-related fatalities have been reported in Sri Lanka, Director General of Health Services confirmed today (March 12). The new development has pushed the death toll from the virus to 525. According to the Government Information Department, four of the death were reported in Western Province while the remaining death was from […]

More >

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka registered 182 more positive cases of COVID-19 today (March 12) as total novel coronavirus infections reported within the day reached 297. Department of Government Information says 236 of today’s cases are close contacts of earlier cases linked to the Peliyagoda cluster. Six others were identified as arrivals from foreign countries and […]

More >