Srilanka

Three more tested positive for Coronavirus and they are all females, said Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi. They were in quarantine at the Punani Quarantine Centre.

All programmes that were scheduled to be held to mark the first year anniversary of the tragic Easter Sunday bombings on April 21st will not be held due to the prevailing Coronavirus situation in the country, said the Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith convening a media briefing yestarday (16).

The With COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund established on March 23 by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has swelled to Rs. 703 million with contributions pouring in from corporate, individual and direct donations, the PresidentMedia Division stated.

The Rs. 5000 allowance paid to the 3.1 million elders over the age of 70-years by the National Secretariat for Elders has now been completed, said the Director of the National Elders Secretariat, Saman Udawatta, addressing a media briefing at the Government Information Department.