Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that he has been vaccinated against COVID-19 virus.
“Took my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS. Remarkable how our doctors and scientists have worked in quick time to strengthen the global fight against COVID-19,” the Indian Premier said in his official Twitter account.
“I appeal to all those who are eligible to take the vaccine. Together, let us make India COVID-19 free!”, Mr. Modi said.
Sri Lanka received 500,000 doses of Indian manufactured Oxford-AstraZeneca-Covishield vaccine free from India under its ‘Vaccine Maitri’ initiative earlier this year and another 500,000 doses arrived in the country last week.
According to the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry here, 466,350 persons have been vaccinated against the virus.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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