Dr. Sudath Samaraweera, under-fire Chief Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health, was removed on Friday, the TimesOnline reliably understands.
The move came hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at a meeting at the Presidential Secretariat was critical over the manner in which the deaths from COVID-19 had been calculated.
The Epidemiology Unit, responsible for collection and dissemination of COVID-19 data, has come under severe criticism in recent months, from medical professionals over its alleged inept handling of this task.
It is learnt that Dr. Samaraweera’s deputy has been appointed as the acting Director. Meanwhile Dr. Samaraweera has been appointed as the head of the Dengue Control Unit. (KH)
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Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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