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DEMISE OF MANGALA SAMARAWEERA – OUTSPOKEN MATARA DISTRICT MAVERICK POLITICIAN & FORMER MINISTER By: Upali Obeyesekere – With files from International Media Mangala samaraweera News has reached us that Mangala Samaraweera has passed away today. Sri Lanka’s former finance minister Mangala Samaraweera passed away Tuesday in hospital where he was being treated for Coronavirus. According to hospital sources, he was receiving care in the intensive care unit for several days and was responding well. However, he suffered a cardiac arrest on Monday night and suffered another cardiac arrest on Tuesday morning. He was put on the ventilator but succumbed to the virus. The 65-year-old Samaraweera contracted the virus earlier this month and was receiving intensive care unit (ICU) treatment at the Lanka Hospital, despite being fully vaccinated. He was the second highest ranking Sri Lankan politician to succumb to coronavirus after the death of former parliamentary Speaker WJM Lokubandara. An ...

Aug 24, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Upali Obeyesekere Tagged Chandrika Banadaranaike, Coronavirus, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Mangala Samaraweera, Sri Lanka Telecom

Confusing vaccine efficacy-what does it mean to a lay person?-Dr. Harold Gunatillake “The vaccine trials with so many people dying with the Coronavirus, have been nothing short of a miracle.” There is some confusion in the interpretation of a vaccine when it is said the efficacy is 95%. That does not imply that 5% of the vaccinated people can get the infection. Vaccine efficacy is the percentage reduction in a disease in a group of people who received a vaccination in a clinical trial. Putting it another way the scientists can calculate how well a vaccine candidate works by looking at the difference in new cases of the disease between the group receiving a placebo and the group receiving the experimental vaccine. This is called vaccine efficacy. ...

Feb 20, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged Coronavirus

Health & Views – October 2nd Issue – by Harold Gunatillake Download the PDF file . Disclaimer: The information contained in this article is for general information purposes only, and whilst the author will endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, eLanka makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the eLanka website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this article for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk. In otherwords, eLanka In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website / ...

Oct 20, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged Coronavirus, Harold Gunatillake, TRINITY COLLEGE Comments 0

Reawakening in a Time of Crisis – By Co-Authors – Indu Hewawasam & Anoma Gunawardena Co-Authors: Indu Hewawasam – With a marine policy background, Indu writes poetry as a hobby. She has published a fictional autobiography – “Dance of Freedom and Desire” under a pseudonym: Shashi de Soyza. Her interests are travel, nature photography, scuba diving and dabbling in politics Anoma Gunawardena – With a science background, Anoma’s talents include writing poetry and stories, photography. She is an artist who paints in watercolor and oils, of both landscapes and people. Find out more about the authors: ...

Oct 10, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Coronavirus, Global Pandemic, How to emerge from the crisis, Indu Hewawasam & Anoma Gunawardena, Racial injustice, Reawakening in a Time of Crisis Comments 0

The last ride of a Jesuit Priest – By B. Nimal Veerasingham Greater welfare depends on our Individual and collective actions! Source: Island We are currently in the cautious process of passing through an unpredictable portion of our life journey. Like time-travelling through an eclipse, our trekking is through an unchartered territory, where Coronavirus is driving the agenda while people are readjusting their lives accordingly. Science has advanced so much for the better – it tells us how to reduce the impact of this contagious disease, or to protect ourselves from becoming victims. Almost 100 years ago, things were not the same. Humanity, it is said, has advanced in every scope and spectrum, within the last 50 years, in rapidity, as compared to the 500 years before that period. Between 1918 and 1920, almost a third of the world population; that is nearly 500 million people got infected with the deadly influenza pandemic, ...

Sep 23, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Coronavirus, Michael’s College, Nimal Veerasingham Comments 0

Supporting Victorian Businesses On Our Road To COVID Normal Source:Premier A massive new support package will see $3 billion in cash grants, tax relief and cashflow support delivered to Victorian businesses as we work together to drive coronavirus cases down and progress along our roadmap to COVID Normal. Premier Daniel Andrews today announced the multi-billion package to help businesses survive and keep Victorians in jobs – taking the Government’s total business support to over $6 billion. Over $1.1 billion in cash grants will support small and medium sized businesses that are most affected by coronavirus restrictions including $822 million as part of the third round of the Business Support Fund. Around 75,000 eligible businesses with payrolls up to $10 million will receive grants of $10,000, $15,000 or $20,000 depending on their size. More than 108,000 businesses have already shared in $1.47 billion from the first two rounds of Business Support ...

Sep 13, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Coronavirus, Daniel Andrews Comments 0

“A, B, C, & D VIRUS IS ON THE WAY” – By Des Kelly Alphabetically speaking, we will now have to concoct yet another one-word description for the above, because we’re sick & tired of hearing by-names like Coronavirus, Covid, Catastrophic, Unprecedented, & many other12 & 13 letter adjectives that seem to be around, ad-nauseam. We will not be able to blame anyone for this particular Virus. It will certainly not be exclusively antagonistic in Victoria. Everyone over a certain age will cop it, no matter where they live. There are no vaccines pre-planned, as they are still working on one for the present Pandemic. ...

Sep 3, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Catastrophic, Coronavirus, Covid, Unprecedented Comments 0

Health & Views – September 1st Issue – by Harold Gunatillake Download the PDF file . Disclaimer: The information contained in this article is for general information purposes only, and whilst the author will endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, eLanka makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the eLanka website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this article for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk. In otherwords, eLanka In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website / ...

Sep 1, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged Coronavirus, Diabetes and Stomach Problems, Harold Gunatillake Comments 0

JobKeeper extension – ECONOMIC RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS – By the Australian Government The JobKeeper Payment will continue to be available to eligible businesses (including the self-employed) and not-for-profits until 28 March 2021. The payment rate of $1,500 per fortnight for eligible employees and business participants will be reduced after 27 September with the new rate of $1,200 per fortnight from 28 September 2020 and $1,000 per fortnight from 4 January 2021. From 28 September 2020, a lower payment rate of $750 per fortnight ($650 per fortnight from 4 January 2021) will apply for employees and business participants that worked fewer than 20 hours per week. From 28 September 2020, businesses and not-for-profits seeking to claim the JobKeeper Payment will be required to demonstrate that they have suffered an ongoing significant decline in turnover using actual GST turnover (rather than projected GST turnover) for the June and September quarters 2020. ...

Aug 18, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Coronavirus, JobKeeper payment Comments 0

Noel News – By Noel Whittaker We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Welcome to our seventh newsletter of the year. It’s hard to believe that June 30th is already a memory, and we are now in July speeding towards December. I guess the big surprise since I last wrote to you is the situation in Victoria – all the indications are that it will get worse before it gets better. It is particularly scary when you consider that Victoria is responsible for 40% of Australia’s economic output. This will be a further blow to our budget. You may recall that many of the stimulus measures were supposed to finish in September but now look like being extended. I’m particularly concerned about homeowners who have taken the six months loan holiday with the result that interest is being capitalised on their mortgage. Unless they have the ...

Jul 16, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Coronavirus, Noel Whittaker Comments 0