The new variant has spread across 41 countries as the WHO categorises it as a ‘variant of interest’. JN.1 has been detected in the US, India, China, France, Canada and many other countries [File: Petr David Josek/AP Photo] By Areesha Lodhi Published On 22 Dec 202322 Dec 2023 A new strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the coronavirus pandemic four years …
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People who die of COVID-19 would be allowed to be buried, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said today.The Prime Minister said this in parliament in response to a question raised by SJB MP S.M. Marikkar.MP Marikkar said State Minister Sudarshani Fernandopulle, who responded to a question raised by MP Rohana Bandara, told Parliament yesterday that COVID19 is not transmitted through water.He …
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The question of the burial or cremation of COVID-19 victims took a bizarre turn to expose a government at odds with itself with Ministers and health authorities sending out mixed messages and contradicting each other.It was suddenly announced that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had agreed to the burial of Muslims who died of COVID-19 and instructed health authorities to look for …
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Decision taken due to the ongoing threat from the coronavirus pandemicPilgrims will come from various nationalities who already reside in Saudi ArabiaRIYADH: Hajj will go ahead next month but with a “very limited” number of pilgrims allowed to take part, Saudi Arabia said on Monday.The decision was taken due to the ongoing threat from the coronavirus pandemic and to preserve …
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AMENDMENTS 01 – WAKFS BOARD DIRECTIVES ON REOPENING MOSQUESWAKFS BOARD DIRECTIVES ON REOPENING MOSQUESIn keeping with the government decision to permit all places of worship to be open from 12.06.2020, the waqkfs board of Sri Lanka at its meeting held on 11.06.2020 has arrived at the following decisions1. To permit all mosques to be open for individual prayers from 12.06.2020 …
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Cremation or burial? The debate is likely to go on for a long time because the government of Sri Lanka is determined to maintain its stance of indiscriminately cremating all those who are believed to have died of Covid-19. The danger of such a discriminatory action has been clearly exposed in the case of the Muslim woman who was forcibly …
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