Health Ministry sounds alarm over slight rise in COVID deaths-by Sheain Fernandopulle Source:Dailymirror Stressing that there is a marginal increase in the number of COVID-19 fatalities, Deputy Director General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath said it could be an early warning of an imminent danger. “It is too early to arrive at a conclusion on the situation. However, we have to take serious note of this as it could be an early warning of an imminent danger of another wave,” addressing a media briefing, he pointed out today. “Thus, people have to be extra cautious especially in a situation where restrictions have been eased to a certain extent,” he highlighted. ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 14 July 2021 – 4th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Ten guitars! – By Des Kelly Many Happy Returns of the Day – Desmond De Silva from eLanka! Farah Rumy becomes the first Sri Lankan woman elected to a Swiss Cantonal Parliament. Rotary Club of Colombo Port City – General Meeting on 7 July 2021 – Former High Commissioner to Australia, Somasundaram Skandakumar delivers the Keynote Address NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service – Stay at Home – NSW – in English, Sinhala and Tamil Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 61 09.07.2021 ‘lambda’ coronavirus variant -classified as variant of interest-by Dr Harold Gunatillake Rajapihilla in Kandy – royal resplendence of yesteryear By Arundathie Abeysinghe Hyperautomation: Article 3 of a series of articles on Hyperautomation By Aditya Abeysinghe Railways of Ceylon and the old world – ...

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Govt. to tighten penalties against COVID guideline violators-by Sheain Fernandopulle The Government has decided to implement stringent measures against those who violate health guidelines recently issued by the Director General of Health Services. Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi addressing a gathering this morning said they had observed some people violating the guidelines in the aftermath of lifting the travel restrictions in the country. ...

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Sri Lankans, dual citizens from India, Vietnam, South Africa, South America cannot home quarantine Source:Dailymirror Sri Lankans or dual citizens who are fully vaccinated arriving or transiting or having a travel history within the past 14 days from India, Vietnam, South African countries and South American countries will not be allowed for home quarantine but instead will have to go into a quarantine center, a revised set of guidelines from the Health Ministry said. However, Sri Lankans or dual citizens who are fully vaccinated arriving from all other countries can go in for a mandatory 14 day home quarantine after undergoing a PCR test and after a negative result had been obtained. All Sri Lankans or dual citizens irrespective from any country have to carry a negative COVID-19 test report in English Language. ...

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Vaccination drive to be extended to three more districts Source:Dailymirror The vaccination drive which is currently underway in the Western Province would be extended to three more districts such as Kandy, Kurunegala and Ratnapura, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said today. She told media that they had so far vaccinated over 1.1 million people and expecting to vaccinate about 13 million people. ...

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We’ll have to lockdown the country according to the need – Dr Sudarshani Source:Dailymirror Steps will have to be taken to even lockdown the country depending on the conditions and necessities in the future, Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID-19 Disease Control Minister Sudarshani Fernandopulle said. “The decisions to impose isolation status on areas are not taken based on political interest but solely on epidemiological studies,” she told the media today. “The areas are placed under isolation at the request of medical specialists. At the same time, we can’t also agree on isolation status imposed unnecessarily in some areas,” the State Minister underlined. ...

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‘Dhammika paniya’ not a cure to COVID-19, clinical tests confirm Source:Dailymirror Clinical tests have confirmed that the syrup introduced by Ayurvedic practitioner Dhammika Bandara is not a cure for the COVID-19 virus. Accordingly, the special committee appointed to review the syrup has suspended further investigations into it. The committee is of the opinion that it is extremely unlikely that the syrup would produce positive effects. ...

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Severe symptoms hit COVID patients; admissions of youths increased after festive season Source:Dailymirror Following the festive season, researchers have observed a severe change in COVID-19 symptoms and a fair number of ICU admissions among young patients, a medical expert said today. Sri Jayewardenepura University’s Immunology and Molecular Medicine Department Director Dr. Chandima Jeewandara told the media his team was conducting researches to ascertain the present variant of the corona virus. ...

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