Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan hail Modi's proposal to battle COVID-19
KATHMANDU, March 13: Leaders of Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Bhutan have welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposal to chalk out joint strategy against coronavirus.
.John Rozario According to World Bank’s latest report, Bangladesh (South Asian country) has a strong track record of development and prosperity. Over the last decade, it has been one of the world’s fastest growing economies, owing to a demographic dividend, robust ready-made garment (RMG) exports, remittances, and stable macroeconomic conditions. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the […]
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COLOMBO: China has turned its back when it came to assisting Sri Lanka which appealed to reschedule its Chinese debt burden in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has adversely affected the tourism sector. Sri Lanka appealed if a restructuring of the debt could be arranged to mitigate the economic crisis that had arisen […]
The Sri Lankan government on Monday said that it has taken all necessary measures in preventing entry of the newly found Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus as many countries were closing their borders for arrivals.
Singapore on Saturday eased travel restrictions caused due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resumed entry of travellers from Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to visit the nation.
Sri Lanka on Saturday announced plans to offer booster shots to front-line workers followed by the elderly as the island nation gears up to further ease COVID-19 restrictions.
Three new mutations of the Delta variant have been identified in Sri Lanka. The country has launched an investigation to identify the implications of the three new mutations to see if it is more contagious than the original Delta variant.
COLOMBO, Aug. 20: Sri Lanka's health experts on Thursday said an investigation had been launched to identify the implications of three new mutations of the Delta variant found mainly from capital Colombo to see if it is more contagious than the original Delta variant.
State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals Channa Jayasumana said in the parliament earlier this week that three new mutations of the Delta variant had been identified in Sri Lanka, which might explain why the virus was spreading rapidly in the country.
Head of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Sciences of the Sri Jayawardenapura University Professor Neelika Malavige said the three variants had been found from gene sequencing done by health experts around 10 days ago, and they were now probing to identify its implications.
The three new mutations had mainly been identified in Colombo which has been identified as the epicenter of the Delta variant.
Sri Lanka's total COVID-19 patient count reached 372,079 after 2,720 patients tested positive for the virus earlier in the day, statistics showed.
The present active patient count in the country increased to 46,761. The death toll from the virus reached 6,604.
Sri Lanka presently has imposed a curfew from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. local time and public gatherings remain banned until further notice.
KATHMANDU, May 21: Australia will provide an additional AUD $7 million (NPR 635 million) in funding to Nepal to support the response to COVID-19. The Australian Embassy in Kathmandu stated that this funding is part of a AUD $17.5 million package to support Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, to strengthen the resilience of the South Asian region.
Australia’s contribution will boost Nepal’s ability to address COVID-19, including through the procurement of essential equipment and health supplies, such as oxygen for provincial hospitals and personal protective equipment for health workers.
This funding will be delivered to our trusted and established partners working on-the-ground across Nepal, in coordination with the work being undertaken by other donors including the US, UK, Japan and UN agencies.
