With one Chinese female tourist now confirmed as the first case in the country of the deadly coronavirus, foreigners as well as locals have started to wear surgical masks for protection as they go about their daily lives.
The following images are from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Angoda (where the Chinese patient is being treated) and the Kollupitiya Railway Station.
Pix by Lahiru Harshana
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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The Supreme Court today ordered the owning and operating companies of the X-Press Pearl Vessel to pay US $ one billion as compensation for the environmental and economic damage it caused, after the ship sank off the Colombo Port in 2021.
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