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Added on the 29/06/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Colombo, Aug 31(EFE/EPA).- Sri Lankan Health workers wearing protective gear performed Tuesday COVID -19 swab tests at a temporary test facility in Colombo. The Sri Lankan government has extended an islandwide lockdown till September 6 2021 as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus. According to Sri Lankan Health Authorities, 216 Covid-19 deaths were reported in Sri Lanka on August 30, the highest number in a single day since the pandemic began. Meanwhile, the daily death toll of Covid-19 has crossed 200 for the 4th day in a row.The Indian Ocean island nation is currently in the midst of the third wave of COVID-19 and the number of cases is increasing day by day. Sri Lanka has so far recorded a total of 436081 COVID-19 cases with 8991 deaths.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: COVID-19 TESTING FACILITY IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Apr 27 (EFE/EPA).- The Sri Lankan government has stepped up Covid-19 testings as a new and more potent variant of the Coronavirus has been detected in the country.The government has stepped up measures to contain the coronavirus or Covid-19. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: SRI LANKANS UNDERGOING COVID-19 SWAB TESTS IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Nov 5 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka Thursday continued to carry out massive tests to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, after the Government has imposed a curfew in Colombo and some parts of the country due to the increase in cases.Sri Lanka has so far recorded more than 12,000 infections and 24 deaths from COVID-19.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE UNDERGO COVID-19 SWAB TESTS AT LOCKDOWN AREA IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Sep 9 (EFE / EPA) .- Sri Lankan authorities conducted Covid-19 tests in Colombo on Thursday as the country faces its third wave of contagions.Sri Lanka has extended confinement throughout the island until September 13 as a preventive measure to avoid contagion.Since the beginning of the pandemic, Sri Lanka has registered more than 474,000 infections and 10,689 deaths from Covid-19.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: COVID-19 TESTING IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Sep 9 (EFE / EPA) .- Sri Lankan authorities conducted Covid-19 tests in Colombo on Thursday as the country faces its third wave of contagions.Sri Lanka has extended confinement throughout the island until September 13 as a preventive measure to avoid contagion.Since the beginning of the pandemic, Sri Lanka has registered more than 474,000 infections and 10,689 deaths from Covid-19.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: COVID-19 TESTING IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.