The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) has requested the Health Ministry to provide them with information on testing done on Covid19 patients to enable them activate their exit strategy presented to the government early this month.
In a letter to Director General Dr. Anil Jasinghe the organisation charged that the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry has failed to share it's activities concerning the testing procedures done on Covid 19 afflicted patients.
The letter questioned the frequency of the Agressive Testing and Rapid Testing procefures done on patients as recommended by the WHO. Also it requested details on the mode of testing, capacity of testing and the adequacy of testing done to prevent the progress of the disease.
It said that although the orgnisation was a stakeholder in combating the Covid 19 spread the Health Ministry has not made it inclusive in the process. (Chrishanthi Christopher )
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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