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- Live Coronavirus Stats in Sri Lanka & Global
- Live Coronavirus Stats Around The World (All Countries)
- Sri Lankan News Site’s Updates
- Sri Lankan News YouTube Channels to Follow
- Our President’s and Other Trustable Twitter Feeds to Follow
- Sri Lankan Journalists You Can Follow for Reliable Updates
- What is Coronavirus or COVID-19 virus?
- How You Can Prevent Coronavirus in Sri Lanka?
- What Are The Symptoms of Coronavirus or COVID-19?
Live Coronavirus Stats in Sri Lanka & Global
Cases
Deaths
Recovered
Active
Cases Today
Deaths Today
Critical
Affected Countries
Data Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Live Coronavirus Stats Around The World (All Countries)
Sort by confirmed numbers.
| Country or Region | Cases | Deaths | Recovered |
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Data Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
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Sri Lankan News Site's Updates
Sri Lanka News – Newsfirst
- 130 SLN sailors recover from COVID-19, more than 300 continue to receive treatment
- Auditor General Launches Investigation into Rs. 5,000 allowance
- Farmers complain of fertilizer shortage amidst warnings of food crisis
- Kurunegala Hospital Director faces backlash after refusing job transfer
- Case on abduction of 11 youth in 2008/2009 to be called up in June
- Three new diplomats hand over credentials via video conference
- President donates three-month salary to the COVID-19 Fund
- Curfew in the Districts of Colombo and Gampaha will continue until further notice
- Democratic United National Front files petition challenging the Parliamentary Poll
- CEB and LECO to follow PUCSL guidelines in preparing monthly electricity bills
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- Curfew in Colombo, Gampha to continue; island-wide curfew on Sunday
- HC sets aside Magistrate’s bail order on Rajitha
- President underscores importance of random sample testing
- Set of guidelines issued on restoring normalcy in civilian life
- FR petitions: Not in position to appear for EC, AG informs court
- Govt yet to categorize who can open on May 11
- Cabinet nod to provide land to install statue of Nelson Mandela
- President optimistic that economy could be re-built
- Legal actions against 20 fmr ministers for not handing back their official residences
- EC should follow procedure established by law: AG
Sri Lankan News YouTube Channels to Follow
Our President's and Other Trustable Twitter Feeds to Follow
ඔබේ යුතුකම ඉටුකරන්න - #ඉටුකම #itukama
@Itukamaofficial
You can donate as little as Rs.500/- to the #Covid19 Healthcare & Social Security Fund online via link below :
https://t.co/YzdyDwFk7U
#livesfirst
Met with heads of Pvt & Public sector Banks & Govenor of #CBSL to discuss plans on economic revival. While Govt has contained #COVID19LK, we expect Banks to think out of the box, as traditional mindset & frameworks will no longer work in #ReStartSriLanka
#TogetherWeCan
I was pleased to donate 3 months’ of salary amounting to Rs 292,500/- to the #Covid19 Healthcare & Social Security Fund towards #Covid19SL operations. This was handed over to Secretary Dr PB Jayasundara today
Presentation of Credentials by Ambassador Designates of #Brazil, #Iran & #India was held today via videoconference, due to social distancing requirement.
I warmly congratulate & convey my best wishes to the Ambassadors !
While economic activity has resumed across the nation, we need to ensure a famine doesn’t follow the #pandemic, by learning from our past mistakes & steering the economy in the right direction.
#ReStartSriLanka
#TogetherWeCan
#COVID19LK අලුත් ජීවන රටාවට හැඩ ගැහෙමු 4 - රස්සාවට යෑමේදී සහ පොදු ප්රවාහනය භාවිතා කරන ආකාරය
COVID-19 Sri Lanka
15.05.2020 - 10.00 am
දෛනික තත්ත්ව වාර්තාව
இலங்கையின் நாளாந்த நிலைமை
அறிக்கை
Daily Situation Report
Real-time updates from https://t.co/RgLs09e6Sl
#COVID_19 #CoronaVirus #COVID19
#COVID19SL #COVID2019
Facebook - https://t.co/Hd4Bimfaik
COVID-19 Sri Lanka
14.05.2020 - 10.00 am
දෛනික තත්ත්ව වාර්තාව
இலங்கையின் நாளாந்த நிலைமை
அறிக்கை
Daily Situation Report
Real-time updates from https://t.co/RgLs09e6Sl
#COVID_19 #CoronaVirus #COVID19
#COVID19SL #COVID2019
Facebook - https://t.co/Hd4Bimfaik
COVID-19 Sri Lanka
12.05.2020 - 10.00 am
දෛනික තත්ත්ව වාර්තාව
இலங்கையின் நாளாந்த நிலைமை
அறிக்கை
Daily Situation Report
Real-time updates from https://t.co/RgLs09e6Sl
#COVID_19 #CoronaVirus #COVID19
#COVID19SL #COVID2019
Facebook - https://t.co/Hd4Bimfaik
ස්තුතියි!
நன்றி!
Thank you!
#InternationalNursesDay 2020
ලෝක හෙද දිනය 2020
உலக தாதியர் தினம் 2020
Through solidarity,
through trust,
through working together
we have a chance to turn a tragic pandemic into a beacon of hope for the future of our planet - @DrMikeRyan
#COVID19
I thank Health Ministers:
🇲🇻 @ameenex
🇱🇦 Bounkong Syhavong
🇬🇳 Remy Lamah
🇹🇳 @MekkiAbdellatif
🇨🇦 @PattyHajdu
🇦🇲 @AToros_Official
for sharing their #COVID19 strategies in the @WHO Member States' briefing. I called on all participants to continue fighting the pandemic in solidarity.
Through solidarity,
through trust,
through working together
we have a chance to turn a tragic pandemic into a beacon of hope for the future of our planet - @DrMikeRyan
#COVID19
The brief also shows that older people, particularly those living alone, are at risk of social isolation.
Support for #mentalhealth must be integrated into every component of national responses to #COVID19: #LetsTalk
Substantial investment needed to avert mental health crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the need to urgently increase investment in services for mental health or risk a massive increase in mental heal...
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Latest @UN/@WHO policy brief on #mentalhealth shows that frontline #healthworkers, faced with heavy workloads, life-or-death decisions & risk of infection, are particularly affected. So are children & adolescents, whose daily routines have been completely disrupted. #COVID19
Sri Lankan Journalists You Can Follow for Reliable Updates
"You know what my policies are. You will either need to act according to that or say you can’t and leave. I am doing things the right way and if the right policies cannot be implemented there is no point" President https://t.co/udDMsc15FG
Covid19 Update : 111 patients discharged in last 3 days, only 439 patients in hospitals now. Details of the patients identified yesterday 👇 https://t.co/cY6dI4UqJ6
Pictures : Heroin concealed in Rice Bags. 225Kg valued at Rs 2.25 Billion https://t.co/kBCVhf5Jvg
Weather Alert : Heavy Rain to continue. Rains in South – Western parts will intensify in next few days https://t.co/Ots2AbtPAq
The Aruwakkalu Waste Management Project to continue despite some environmental concerns raised in the past.
Aruwakkalu waste management project to continue - NewsWire
The Aruwakkalu Waste Management Project is to continue despite some environmental concerns raised in the past. Prime Minister Mahinda RajapaksaContinu...
www.newswire.lk
So far 477 coronavirus positive patients including over 150 Navy personnel recovered & discharged from hospitals #LKA #SriLanka #coronavirus #COVID19 #COVID19SL
The spread of coronavirus in Sri Lanka has been controlled by up to 90%, but it is too early to decide on a definite date on when all restrictions can be eased- Dr Anil Jasinghe
#LKA #SriLanka #COVID19 #COVID19SL https://t.co/ubX0huNsOZ
Weather Alert 🇱🇰❗
Expect very heavy rains ☔ over 150mm in some places as low pressure 🌀 over Bay of Bengal. Low to become #CycloneAmphan. NO direct impact to #SriLanka.
https://t.co/EEaIbFplRi #LKA #WeatherSL #FloodSL #Amphan
225 Kg Heroin taken in to police custody following raid in Ragama area. 4 suspects arrested - Police #LKA #SriLanka
Weather Alert 🇱🇰❗
Low pressure 🌀 over Bay of Bengal to strengthening and to become a Cyclonic storm #Amphan. NO direct impact to #SriLanka. Landfall possible from Odisha to Bangladesh next week. Expect heavy rains ☔.
https://t.co/EEaIbFplRi #LKA #CycloneAmphan #WeatherSL
The Wakfs Board has urged Mosques to set up a mechanism to collect #Zakat in cash or kind but distribute in kind to stop the poor from going house to house begging, which will also help in the current context due to Coronavirus.
#LKA #SriLanka #CoronaVirus #Covid19 #COVID19LK
The massive haul of Heroin was discovered concealed inside rice bags 225 kilograms of heroin valued over Rs. 2.25 Billion.
#SriLanka #Lk
Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya has nominated a fuller bench comprising five judges of Supreme Court to hear seven Fundamental Rights petitions filed challenging the dissolution of Parliament and holding the General Election on 20th June. https://t.co/5aduz04jgC
#LKA #SriLanka
Clear indication of lopsided scoring matrix; with the exception of a few honorable mentions on this list, No one withstood the #lka #DigitalWave brought on by #COVID19 with resilience.
P.S. @YohoBed deserves the top spot. #DigitalSriLanka
Want a simple example how detached and irresponsible Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora can be?
Have a look at this clickbait headline and the clarity of @MASumanthiran’s stand (as always) in the article.
The inability of the diaspora to look beyond North is unsurprising. https://t.co/sgOHJnM8Pi
What is Coronavirus or COVID-19 virus?
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.
Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness.
The best way to prevent and slow down transmission is be well informed about the COVID-19 virus, the disease it causes and how it spreads. Protect yourself and others from infection by washing your hands or using an alcohol based rub frequently and not touching your face.
The COVID-19 virus spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes, so it’s important that you also practice respiratory etiquette (for example, by coughing into a flexed elbow).
At this time, there are no specific vaccines or treatments for COVID-19. However, there are many ongoing clinical trials evaluating potential treatments. WHO will continue to provide updated information as soon as clinical findings become available.
How You Can Prevent Coronavirus in Sri Lanka?
To prevent infection and to slow transmission of COVID-19, do the following:
- Wash your hands regularly with soap and water, or clean them with alcohol-based hand rub.
- Maintain at least 1 metre distance between you and people coughing or sneezing.
- Avoid touching your face.
- Cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.
- Stay home if you feel unwell.
- Refrain from smoking and other activities that weaken the lungs.
- Practice physical distancing by avoiding unnecessary travel and staying away from large groups of people.
Other Trust-able Sources Where You Can Learn About Prevention
- https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/prevention.html
- https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/infection-prevention-and-control
- https://www.npr.org/2020/02/27/810016611/coronavirus-101-what-you-need-to-know-to-prepare-and-prevent
- https://www.healthline.com/health/coronavirus-covid-19#prevention
What Are The Symptoms of Coronavirus or COVID-19?
The COVID-19 virus affects different people in different ways. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease and most infected people will develop mild to moderate symptoms and recover without requiring special treatment. People who have underlying medical conditions and those over 60 years old have a higher risk of developing severe disease and death.
Common symptoms include:
- fever
- tiredness
- dry cough.
Other symptoms include:
- shortness of breath
- aches and pains
- sore throat
- and very few people will report diarrhoea, nausea or a runny nose.
People with mild symptoms who are otherwise healthy should self-isolate and contact their medical provider or a COVID-19 information line for advice on testing and referral.
People with fever, cough or difficulty breathing should call their doctor and seek medical attention.
Other Trust-able Sources Where You Can Learn About Symptoms
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