Sri Lanka has acquired 160, 000 Rapid Antigen Test kits but health authorities have been adviced to use them sparingly due to continued shortages, a senior official at the State Ministry of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation said.
The Government has ordered 100, 000 antigen kits from India while the private sector has ordered 60, 000 test kits in two batches of 30, 000 each, the official said.
However, health officials have been adviced to use the kits sparingly and test only those who are in urgent need of testing, the official said.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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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