Srilanka

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in a special statement urged the general public to render their utmost support to the governmentefforts to save the country fromthe COVID-19 outbreak.

Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva said that a group of around 50 native medical practitioners, acupuncture therapists and homoeopathy practitioners had met with the Health Minister at the National Operation Centre for the Prevention of Covid-19 on the directives of the President, in order to look into possible measures that could be taken to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.

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Around 1200 personnel employed under the Defence Ministry have voluntarily contributed Rs. 10 million to the Covid-19 Social Security Fund which was handed over to the PresidentSecretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundara at the Presidential Secretariat by the Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne yesterday morning.