BBS(Cey), DCH(Cey), DCH(Eng), MD(Paed), MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lon), FRCPCH(UK), FSLCPaed, FCCP, Hony FRCPCH(UK), Hony. FCGP(SL) Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.Be warned, our dear countrymen and women. The die is cast…, well and truly. In addition to all our woes in this resplendent isle, as far as COVID-19 goes, things are getting …

Cabinet approval was granted to ban all face coverings including the burqa and niqab, Public Security Cabinet Minister Dr Sarath Weerasekara said.Weerasekara told the Daily Mirror that the decision will be implemented as a law after parliamentary approval is obtained.The cabinet approval was granted according to the public bill of Prohibition on covering the full face in public places. “I requested …

COVID 19 At this time where a number of new varieties of the virus are spreading worldwide, young personnel in many countries are increasingly getting sick. The situation observed in Sri Lanka in the past few days is similar to this.Additionally, another trend of reporting serious respiratory difficulties and having to be admitted into intensive care units for a significant …

කොවිඩ් 19 නව රැල්ල – තරුණ තරුණියන්යින් පවා දැඩි අවදානමක?කොවිඩ් 19 වෛරසයේ නව ප්‍රභේද ගණනාවක් ලොව පුරා ව්‍යාප්ත වෙමින් පවතින මේ අවස්ථාවේ දී, බොහෝ රටවල තරුණ පිරිස් වැඩි වැඩියෙන් රෝගාතුර වීමේ ප්‍රවණතාවයක් දක්නට ලැබෙනවා. ලංකාව තුළ ද පසුගිය දවස් කිහිපය තුළ නිරීක්ෂණය කරන ලද තත්ත්වය මේ හා සමානයි.මෙයට අමතරව, දැනට රෝහල්ගතව ප්‍රතිකාර ලබන රෝගීන්ගෙන් සැලකිය යුතු සංඛ්‍යාවකට බරපතළ ශ්වසන අපහසුතා …

Sri Lanka has issued 30 health guidelines for Muslim devotees to be followed during the prayers and other religious activities at mosques in the month of Ramadan.Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardene has directed the relevant preventive measures to health authorities including the Chief Epidemiologist, Provincial and Regional Directors of Health Services as well as Medical Officers of …

Muslims in Sri Lanka will start their month-long Ramadan fasting period from tomorrow (Wednesday), the Colombo Grand Mosque announced.The holy month Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam and a great opportunity for all Muslims to purify their mind, body, heart and soul by fasting and praying to Almighty Allah. Ramadan is not only for fasting but also …