Infection

COLOMBO - A team of medical specialists on Monday (10) called for a rapid action plan to reduce the COVID-19 caseload, warning Covid deaths may reach unprecedented levels and a grave national catastrophe was a real potential threat in the…
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COLOMBO – Sri Lanka recorded 26 COVID-19 related deaths on Monday (10), the highest so far, as new cases topped 2500 for the second day, with 2,573 confirmations and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced inter-provincial travel…
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COLOMBO – Sri Lanka on Sunday (9) reported 2,672 coronavirus cases, a new daily high, as health authorities scrambled to find hospital space for confirmed patients. The day also saw 15 Covid-related fatalities, taking the death toll to 801.…
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By Mujib Mashal NEW DELHI — Doctors in India are concerned about an increasing number of potentially fatal fungal infections affecting either people who have COVID-19 or those who have recently recovered from the disease. The condition,…
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By Bhuvan Bagga NEW DELHI - India, gripped by one of the most deadly coronavirus surges seen by any country, will have to be ready for new waves and badly needs more oxygen from other countries, officials said Wednesday (5). Facing…
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COLOMBO - High Commission of India, on behalf of the Government and people of India, on Wednesday (5) expressed its gratitude to the clergy and people of Sri Lanka for their continued prayers for the people of India as a pandemic of epic…
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COLOMBO – Sri Lanka will vaccinate those between the ages of 30 to 60 in Gothatuwa, Colombo with the Russia-made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine starting Thursday (6), State Minister of Health Prof Channa Jayasumana said on Wednesday (5).…
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By Bhadra Sharma KATHMANDU - Nepal’s coronavirus outbreak, which is growing faster than almost anywhere else in the world, has spread to the remote Himalayas, with an increasing number of climbers testing positive after being evacuated…
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By Andrew Beatty SYDNEY - Cricket authorities in Australia, New Zealand and England rushed to evacuate top players from Covid-hit India on Wednesday (5), after the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) was abandoned following a number of…
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By Damien Cave and Livia Albeck Ripka SYDNEY — Before the coronavirus pandemic surged, Drisya Dilin dropped her daughter off with her parents in India, expecting to bring her to Australia a month later. That was more than a year ago.…
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