Category: Coronavirus Outbreak

Amitabh Bachchan tests positive for Covid-19

Amitabh Bachchan tests positive for Covid-19

Jul 12, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Superstar Amitabh Bachchan, on Saturday, tested positive for Covid-19. The 'Piku' actor has been admitted to ... Read More

Coronavirus: 90 new positive cases identified

Coronavirus: 90 new positive cases identified

Jul 12, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Another 90 persons have tested positive for the coronavirus infection, the Ministry of Health confirmed. Among ... Read More

196 more tested positive for Covid-19 at the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Center

196 more tested positive for Covid-19 at the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Center

Jul 10, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - 196 persons have tested COVID-19 positive at the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre. Accordingly including the ... Read More

Kandakadu quarantine centre converted into a hospital

Kandakadu quarantine centre converted into a hospital

Jul 10, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The quarantine centre in Kandakadu has been converted into a hospital in order to treat Covid-19 ... Read More

Another group of Sri Lankans repatriated from UAE

Another group of Sri Lankans repatriated from UAE

Jul 10, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Another group of Sri Lankans who were stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arrived in ... Read More

56 from Kandakadu rehab center and female counselor test positive for COVID-19

56 from Kandakadu rehab center and female counselor test positive for COVID-19

Jul 9, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Fifty-six persons from the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre and a female counselor employed at the ... Read More

COVID-19 kills 12 more Lankan workers in Mid East, toll rises to 35

COVID-19 kills 12 more Lankan workers in Mid East, toll rises to 35

Jul 9, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Twelve more Sri Lankan migrant workers in Middle Eastern countries have died due to COVID-19 during ... Read More

Twelve more Covid-19 recoveries reported

Twelve more Covid-19 recoveries reported

Jul 9, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Twelve more patients infected with Covid-19 have recovered and have been discharged from hospital, increasing the ... Read More

894 Navy personnel recover from COVID-19

894 Navy personnel recover from COVID-19

Jul 9, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Another two Navy personnel have recovered from coronavirus and tested negative during PCR tests, following medical ... Read More

Iran Returnee tests positive for Covid-19, total cases sit at 2,094

Iran Returnee tests positive for Covid-19, total cases sit at 2,094

Jul 9, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Another individual has tested positive for Covid-19, raising the total cases in Sri Lanka to 2,094. ... Read More

Coronavirus: Three more people test positive

Coronavirus: Three more people test positive

Jul 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Two Sri Lankans arriving from Bangladesh and a Philippines national tested positive for Covid-19 raising total ... Read More

Coronavirus: Four More Navy personnel recovered

Coronavirus: Four More Navy personnel recovered

Jul 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Four more navy personnel recover and discharged from hospital, raising the total recoveries to 892. Thirteen ... Read More

210 at Welikada Prison test negative for COVID-19

210 at Welikada Prison test negative for COVID-19

Jul 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - PCR tests conducted on around 300 samples obtained from inmates and officers at the Welikada Prison ... Read More

COVID-19 cases recorded in Sri Lanka rise to 2,081

COVID-19 cases recorded in Sri Lanka rise to 2,081

Jul 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The number of coronavirus cases has increased to 2,081 after four persons tested positive for the ... Read More

Coronavirus: Airborne transmission cannot be ruled out, WHO says

Coronavirus: Airborne transmission cannot be ruled out, WHO says

Jul 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The World Health Organization has acknowledged there is emerging evidence that the coronavirus can be spread ... Read More