The National Organiser of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Basil Rajapaksa has left for the United States today (12).

With the rapid increase of Covid infections in the country, the Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) called on the government to impose stringent restrictions to limit people's movement.

Unrestrained spread of the Covid-19 pandemic within Sri Lanka’s overcrowded prisons has prompted the country’s leading prisoner rights group to call for international intervention.

Former Prime Minister and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says that Sri Lanka is at a critical juncture at this moment and warned of dire consequences if the correct decisions aren't made according to the advice of the medical and health authorities.

Based on the projections made by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), Sri Lanka is likely to record more than 20,000 deaths by September due to Covid-19 if the spread of the virus continues at this pace, former Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera warned.

With the detection of a patient with the Indian variant of Covid-19, a total of six variants of Covid-19 have been identified so far in Sri Lanka.

The chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice, Karu Jayasuriya has called on president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to unite all progressive forces in the country at this crucial time when the country is in the midst of a complex health crisis.

Five Indian nationals, two women and their three daughters, who are staying at a leading resort in Gintota, have tested positive for Covid-19, the Office of the Galle District Director of Health Services said.