In view of detection of infected COVID-19 clusters from Gampaha district, all commemorative arrangements in connection with the forthcoming 71st Army Anniversary (10 October) have been suspended with immediate effect on the instructions of Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army and Head, National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

Mr. Sathasivam Viyalendiran was sworn in as the State Minister of Backward Rural Areas Development and Promotion of Domestic Animal Husbandry and Minor Economic Crop Cultivation, before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Total Coronavirus positives increased to 4252

It is hereby informed that visiting of the general public to the Head office and the Regional Offices of the Department of Immigration and Emigration on 7 th , 8 th and 9 th October will be temporarily suspended as a step to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 Virus.