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Crossing the Atlantic for eye-treatment

2020-06-03 | Health

A story about how one of our lady envoys incurred several thousands of Euros on her eye treatment in the States some time ago when she could have go...

Sri Lanka not downplaying COVID-19 situation, says Health Ministry

2020-05-27 | Health

The Health Ministry, yesterday strongly rejected reports that it was downplaying the COVID-19 situation in the country, stating that all numbers repor...

Coronavirus patients stop being infectious after 11 days: Study

2020-05-27 | Health

Coronavirus patients can’t infect others after 11 days of being ill even if their test still comes back positive, scientists find. An i...

Flight from Qatar cancelled after 70 COVID-19 patients found among previous arrivals

2020-05-26 | Health

A flight with Sri Lankan passengers which was scheduled to arrive in the country tomorrow from Qatar was cancelled after more than 70 COVID-19 patient...

Finland to spend 100 million euros on coronavirus protection

2020-05-26 | Health

Finland’s Minister of Social Affairs and Health Aino-Kaisa Pekonen holds a news conference on the family leave reform in Helsinki, Finland February ...

Coronavirus catastrophe unfolding in south Yemen -MSF

2020-05-22 | Health

The main coronavirus treatment centre in southern Yemen has recorded at least 68 deaths in just over two weeks, the medical charity running the site s...

Coronavirus may throw 60 million into extreme poverty: World Bank

2020-05-21 | Health

The world’s progress in eliminating poverty is set to suffer a major setback due to the Covid-19 outbreak, forcing more people to survive on less th...

Ten patients confirmed with Covid-19 today; total 991

2020-05-19 | Health

Five more Covid-19 infected patients were reported today, increasing total cases in Sri Lanka to 991, the Health Ministry said. So far, 10 cases have ...

Jacinda Ardern surges in polls on Kiwi virus success

2020-05-19 | Health

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s success containing coronavirus has driven an extraordinary popularity surge that has put the youthful le...

Xi backs virus inquiry as Europe eases out of lockdown

2020-05-19 | Health

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering a speech via video link at the opening of the World Health Assembly virtual meeting from the WHO headquarters ...