Several decisions pertaining to the welfare of the public and the progress of the society were taken during the meeting between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and all State Ministers held at the Presidential Secretariat Sep (10).

Operations conducted by the Navy with Police and Police STF at Shanthipuram in Mannar, Jinnapuram in Pulmoddai, Richmond Hill and railway station in Galle in the past couple of days led to the apprehension of five (05) suspects with heroin and Kerala cannabis.

The Navy in the past week enabled manpower to clear debris collected under the Aviththawa Bridge over Bentara Ganga, as it hampered the free flow of river water.

A fully-equipped and automated Infectious Disease Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory facility with a capacity for conduct of about 300 COVID-19 (PCR) tests for Sri Lanka Army personnel and their families became operational from Sep (8) onwards at the Colombo Army Hospital, providing a boost to the governmental national efforts for conduct of PCR tests and other ones for infectious diseases. Currently, 20 designated laboratories across the country under the close supervision of consultant virologists and microbiologists carry out those diagnostic PCR investigations against COVID-19.