In April 2020 Sri Lanka ranked 10th in the GRID index thus, achieving global recognition for its response to the pandemic [9]. This paper provides an analysis of Sri Lanka's response to the 1st wave of COVID-19,
A shipment of the Chinese-made Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Sri Lanka as part of a donation by the Chinese government on Thursday. Cambodia also received a new batch of China-donated Sinopharm vaccine after the arrival of the first Chinese vaccine shipment in Febr...
Sri Lanka recorded 16856 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Sri Lanka reported 672317 Coronavirus Cases. source: World Health OrganizationSri Lanka Coronavirus COVID-19 Deaths Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency ...
Amid COVID Surge, Some Sri Lankans Opt for Cardboard Coffins When Cremating Loved Ones More Reuters A cardbaord coffin is seen inside a hearse near a mortuary, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka July 14...
Sri Lankan law is silent on the concept of having employees on furlough and is a practice not generally adopted. However, under the prevailing COVID-19 situation we cannot rule out the possibility that such option would not be sought by an employer and that relief will unlikely be denie...
Five more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka, the Director General of Health Services confirmed a short while ago. This bring the number of fatalities in Sri Lanka from the COVID-19 outbreak to 29. The following deaths have been reported: ...
By Chathurrdhika Yogarajah: Sri Lanka’s macro-economic outlook amidst the COVID-19 pandemic came under the spotlight at a webinar panel discussion held on October 11, to mark the release of IPS’ flagship report, ‘Sri Lanka: State of the Economy 202
First COVID-19 death in Sri Lanka has been reported from the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), the Ministry of Health said. The Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said that the deceased was a 60 year old resident of Marawila. ...
Using Sri Lankan COVID-19 data, we demonstrate how one could utilize Ito stochastic differential equations with a gamma distribution correction to estimate disease transmission parameters as a function of time. As we illustrated here, the model is well-suited for forecasting the dates of peak ...
Sri Lanka detected its first case of COVID-19 in March 2020 and has since had over 600,000 cases and over 16,000 deaths (November 2022) [7]. This is the first systematic study of neurological disorders associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka. ...