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An all-out battle against the Third Wave Russian Embassy officials hand over the Sputnik V vaccine consignment to State Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana at the BIA Source:Dailynews The ‘third wave’ of the COVID-19 pandemic remains a threat to Sri Lanka this week as the number of infections continues to rise exponentially, even as the Government enacted a series of measures to avoid a catastrophe of epic proportions such as the tragedy presently unfolding in neighbouring India. At the time of writing, over 1,900 infections were being recorded in a single day and all indications are that the daily number of infections would surpass 2,000 for the first time shortly. The total of number of persons infected in Sri Lanka now stands at 114,000 with 709 persons succumbing to the virus. ...