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Vaccines that protect us to survive-by Dr Harold Gunatillake Transcript: The availability of effective vaccines has had the most profound positive effect on improving the quality of public health by preventing infectious diseases. How does vaccines work to prevent specific infections? Vaccine injections are given into your arm or in oral drops for your immune system to fight germs- the invaders or antigens. Of course, vaccines are not given when you have a specific infection but given when not having that infection. You are given a weaker or attenuated version of a virus or bacteria in the form of a vaccine. Vaccines contain weakened or inactive parts of a particular organism (antigen) that triggers an immune response within the body. Newer vaccines contain the blueprint for producing antigens rather the antigen itself. ...

Sep 30, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged , ,
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Eliyantha White: Sri Lankan shaman dies of Covid after touting cure Source:-www.bbc.com A Sri Lankan shaman who touted a potion which he said would protect people against Covid-19 has died with the disease, his family says. Eliyantha White treated sports stars and top politicians with the potion, which he said came to him in a dream. He said pouring it into rivers could end the pandemic in Sri Lanka and neighbouring India. The 48-year-old fell ill with the virus earlier this month and was taken to hospital where his condition worsened. His potion was publicly endorsed by Sri Lanka’s former health minister, Pavithra Wanniarachchi, who subsequently spent two weeks in intensive care with Covid. Mr White rose to prominence in recent years after treating several Indian cricket stars, but his treatments have been rejected by mainstream doctors. Sri Lanka in economic emergency as food prices soar Covid increases China influence in ...

Sep 24, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Japan lifts travel ban for several countries including Sri Lanka Source:Dailynews The Japan will lift its restrictions on Sri Lanka into its country that it had earlier placed in a bid to combat COVID-19. The entry ban was imposed earlier this year as part of Japan’s quarantine measures on all foreign nationals who spent time in the six countries within 14 days prior to their intended arrival. The government announced Friday evening that the measure, which was introduced in June, would be lifted for the six nations. The six countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka) have been covered by a near-total entry ban on foreign nationals, including those who have been vaccinated and those with a valid residence status in Japan. ...

Sep 20, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged
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UK reopens doors for Sri Lankans-BY MANJULA FERNANDO Source:Sundayobserver The UK Government removed Sri Lanka from the Covid-19 ‘Red list’ on Friday and the new relaxed rules for travellers from both destinations will come into effect from September 22. Eight countries including the Maldives, Bangladesh and Pakistan will also be moved from the ‘Red list’ to the ‘Amber list’ along with Sri Lanka on September 22, the official travel advisory issued by the UK Government stated. Last month, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to the UK told Travel Weekly that the high level of “Disaster preparedness” acquired after the 2019 bombings helped the country cope well with the Covid crisis. ...

Sep 19, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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Business booms despite pandemic Pioneering venture automates procurement process with over 30 high profile buyer companies Web portal eases COVID-19 disruptions for over 3,000 registered suppliers A bold new venture seeks to revolutionise Sri Lanka’s tender and procurement system by automating the buyer-seller experience and easing the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The website www.greentape.lk is Sri Lanka’s online procuring platform that offers a certified and verified vendor base. The platform which aims to create a level playing field for procurement in the country was launched in November 2020. Within a short time span it is already serving a base of over 30 high profile buyer companies.  They have successfully concluded more than 700 tenders amounting to some half a billion rupees in business for over 3,000 registered suppliers. The suppliers comprise a good cross-section from very small to large businesses and also businesses from overseas. AVM Chairman Nissanka Weerasekera ...

Sep 10, 2021 Posted by In Articles, elanka Finance Tagged , ,
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         “ANOTHER DAMN SCAM” – by Des Kelly     Something that I do not have to worry about anymore, and, for the moment, this applies to many people, but just as Fawlty Towers reminds us, we could quite possibly have to indulge in hotel-stays from time to time, after Covid 19 is no longer a threat. However, that being the case, Hotel-Scams come into being, once again, and there are NO Vaccinations for them.            I have to thank my friend Dallas Achilles for this “post” and decided to share it with all members of e’Lanka. ...

Sep 8, 2021 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged ,
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WE ARE THE WORLD COVER (GOA) Something to cheer us in the lockdown This is an excellent and well presented production from perhaps a little known ethnic group… The Goanese Their Portuguese antecedents are clearly identifiable from their family names, just as they are in Sri Lanka. GOA SINGS TO THE WORLD’S COVID 19 FRONTLINERS. A Nicholas Fernandes presentation sung (in English & Konkani) by Goa’s finest singers and musicians as a tribute to the WORLD’S COVID 19 FRONTLINERS. ...

Sep 5, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged
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 THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS –  MAGNIFICIENT   This is an inventive rendition of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus.  As people weren’t allowed to sing in church because of Covid-19, this is what they came up with. A digital project bringing together live and recorded performances of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus – in spectacular pandemic style. ...

Sep 5, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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Noel News “It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.” GEORGE LORIMER Scammers Scammers are the big topic this week. I’ve started to receive phone calls on my mobile from strangers telling me that they were simply returning my call. This is puzzling, because these people aren’t criminals, they are simply responding to what they thought was a phone call from me. My question is, how can scammers make a phone call using my number as the originating number? That’s a serious worry.   Then I got an email from one of my golfing friends telling me he wished to send me an email with a question and was that okay. I replied of course. Next thing I got an email along ...

Sep 3, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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SRI LANKA NEWS (AUGUST 2021) Compiled by Victor Melder. Medical officers raised serious concerns about the surging numbers of COVID-19 patients and deaths, with statistics showing at least three to four patients dying every hour. Vice President of the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA), Dr. Manilka Sumanatillake told the Media that if the country was to win the race between the rapidly increasing COVID infections and the numbers being vaccinated it would have to re-impose stricter travel restrictions for a short period. He also said Sri Lanka’s daily COVID-19 cases count could be several times higher than the official figures. The Ragama and Kalubowila teaching hospitals, where wards were flooded with COVID-19 patients by Wednesday (4), were seen having patients under trees and outside the buildings by last midnight. Meanwhile, with at least 20 children being admitted with COVID -19 to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital per day, measures were taken to ...

Aug 31, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , , ,
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