Category: Coronavirus Outbreak

NK leader breaks ground for new hospital

NK leader breaks ground for new hospital

Mar 18, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Pyongyang) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a ground-breaking ceremony for a new hospital to be ... Read More

South Koreans asked to cancel travel

South Koreans asked to cancel travel

Mar 18, 2020

(FASTNEWS | SEOL) - Health officials in South Korea are asking the public to postpone or cancel all non-essential overseas ... Read More

President wants ad-hoc actions halted

President wants ad-hoc actions halted

Mar 18, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa directed that no instruction or communication by any Government Agency is issued without ... Read More

Visas for all foreigners residing in Sri Lanka extended

Visas for all foreigners residing in Sri Lanka extended

Mar 18, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Due to the spread of the coronavirus in the country, it has been decided to ... Read More

Over 100 Ukrainians left stranded in Sri Lanka

Over 100 Ukrainians left stranded in Sri Lanka

Mar 18, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   A total of 105 Ukrainian citizens are stranded in the city of Colombo, capital of ... Read More

Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka reschedules inquiries

Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka reschedules inquiries

Mar 18, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has rescheduled its inquiries as a result ... Read More

President announces concessions to help public, businesses affected by Corona

President announces concessions to help public, businesses affected by Corona

Mar 18, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday (17) announced concessions to assist the public and businesses affected by the ... Read More

Sri Lanka halts passenger arrivals at BIA

Sri Lanka halts passenger arrivals at BIA

Mar 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sri Lanka has halted passenger arrivals from all countries at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in ... Read More

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson released from coronavirus treatment

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson released from coronavirus treatment

Mar 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Coronavirus pandemic) - US actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have been released from a hospital ... Read More

Coronavirus: Canada to bar entry for most foreigners – Trudeau

Coronavirus: Canada to bar entry for most foreigners – Trudeau

Mar 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Canada will be closing its borders to anyone who is not a citizen or a permanent ... Read More

Puttalam, Western and Southern Provinces identified as Coronavirus “High Risk” areas

Puttalam, Western and Southern Provinces identified as Coronavirus “High Risk” areas

Mar 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Puttalam District, and the Western and Southern Provinces have been identified as “High Risk” areas ... Read More

Deadline for acceptance of postal vote applications extended

Deadline for acceptance of postal vote applications extended

Mar 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The National Election Commission has extended the period for the accepting of postal votes for the ... Read More

Coronavirus: Hong Kong to quarantine all arrivals from abroad

Coronavirus: Hong Kong to quarantine all arrivals from abroad

Mar 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Coronavirus pandemic) - Hong Kong will quarantine all people arriving from abroad for 14 days, its leader Carrie ... Read More

Coronavirus: Europe plans full border closure in virus battle

Coronavirus: Europe plans full border closure in virus battle

Mar 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Coronavirus pandemic) - The European Commission is planning to ban all non-essential travel throughout Europe's Schengen free-travel zone ... Read More

Coronavirus: Stocks rocked by record volatility

Coronavirus: Stocks rocked by record volatility

Mar 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Coronavirus pandemic) - Global stock markets are seeing record levels of volatility with the five biggest one-day points ... Read More