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Gearing up for the much needed COVID-19 vaccines, the World Health Organisation this week organised a meeting of vaccine manufacturers and national regulatory authorities from its Southeast Asia region.

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විදේශ සබඳතා නිපු‍ණතා සංවර්ධන, රැකී රක්ෂා හා කම්කරු අමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ නේවාසික නියෝජිත හානා සින්ගර් සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර කම්කරු සංවිධානයේ මෙරට අධ්‍යක්ෂිකා සිම්රින් සිංග් හමුවී තිබෙනවා.

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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a daily press briefing on the new…

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GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters): Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gave a robust defence on Friday of his and the World Health Organisation's (WHO) "timely" actions in declaring COVID-19 an international health emergency at the end of January.

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කොවිඩ්මරණ වළක්වා ගැනීමට වියට්නාමයට හැකියාව ලැබී ඇත්තේ එරටේම නිෂ්පාදනයක් වන කෘත්‍රිම පෙණහලු යන්ත්‍ර රෝගීන් සඳහා භාවිත කිරීම නිසා බව විදෙස් පුවත් සේවා පවසයි.

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Indian government continues its on going assistance to Sri Lanka to fight against the COVID 19 Pandemic by handing over a consignment of medical gloves to the SL Government authorities, Indian high Commission i Colombo said.

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Sri Lanka will be seeking at least US$ 2 billion in financial contributions from foreign donors and International lending agencies for medium-term external debt, servicing and rebuild the economy.

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Si Lanka’s network of 67 Foreign Missions is assisting and facilitating Sri Lankan expatriates in need during Covid-19 crisis period, Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha said.

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කුවේටයේ නීති විරෝධීව රැදී සිටින ශ‍්‍රී ලාංකික ශ‍්‍රමිකයන්ට ලබාදී ඇති පොදු සමාකාලය තුල එරටින් පිටවිම සඳහා තිබු කාලය මැයි මස 30 දක්වා දීර්ඝ කරන මෙන් විදේශ සබදතා, නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, රැුකීරක්ෂා හා කම්කරු අමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා විසින් ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ කුවේට් තානාපති කළාෆ් දහයිර් මහතාගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටී.

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Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah received Sri Lanka’s Ambassador in Kuwait Othman Jawhar yesterday, Thursday, the Kuwait News Agency reported.

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The Pakistan High Commission in Colombo coordinated with the government of Pakistan and the local Sri Lankan authorities for the successful return of 50 stranded Pakistanis.

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Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena spoke over the phone yesterday(Friday).

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Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka David Holly and Australian Defence Adviser Group Captain Sean Unwin yesterday handed over Australian supplied Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Head of National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak

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කොවිඩ් – 19 වෛරසයට එරෙහිව චීනය අත්හදා බලමින් සිටින ප්‍රධානතම එන්නතේ පළමු සායනික අත්හදා බැලීමේ පියවර සාර්ථක බව එරට නිල පුවත් සේවය වන ෂිංහුවා (Xinhua) ප්‍රකාශ කරයි.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday announced a collaborative effort with world leaders and private industry to ensure equitable distribution of any viable vaccines or treatments for COVID-19.

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China has offered to help Sri Lanka rebuild the economy which has suffered as a result of the coronavirus.

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GENEVA (Reuters): The UN human rights office voiced concern yesterday about more than a dozen countries that have declared states of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic where Police have arrested or detained hundreds of thousands of people and killed others.

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Pakistan had organized the SAARC Health Ministers’ Video Conference on Covid-19, in which the member states agreed to enhance cooperation in the health sector, particularly in the context of efforts to combat Covid-19 at the regional level.