The Health Services Director General Dr. Anil Jasinghe said that nine persons infected with the Coronavirus was detected today. Out of the nine cases five are those who had associated closely with the infected Navy personnel. One other infected person was reported from Colombo and the other three are Navy personnel.

Covid 19 patients reported 674

The People’s Bank will be introducing a new loan scheme for farmers known as the ‘Aswenna’ loan scheme under concessionary rates from next week, revealed Co-Cabinet Spokesman Dr. Bandula Gunawardena during the Cabinet briefing held at the Government Information Department yesterday (30).

Cabinet approval has been granted for the issuance of e-passports, said Co-Cabinet Spokesman Dr. Ramesh Pathirana.