Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi had submitted a Cabinet paper seeking allocations for the payment of the Rs. 5000 allowance for 7.4 million recipients affected by the Covid-19 for the month of April and the Cabinet paper for Treasury approval for this payment again for May, said Co-Cabinet Spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardhena.

A total of 350 more individuals will arrive in Sri Lanka today (14) from Maldives by a Sri Lankan flight. They all will be taken to Army-managed Quarantine Centres (QCs) for quarantine process, a Media statement of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) issued on Tuesday (13) stated.

The Sri Lanka Standards Institute has already formulated standard guidelines for the manufacture of 11 Covid-19 prevention products including face masks, hand wash, gloves etc, said the Higher Education, technology, Innovation, Information and Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena during a media briefing held last day (May 12).

Completely recovered patients-382