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19th November 2020 10:10:06 Hours
Head, NOCPCO Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army and Medical Specialist, Dr Asela Gunawardena, Director General of Health Services (DGHS) this afternoon (18) co-chaired one more session of the NOCPCO Task Force, attended by all members and experts in the field.
18th November 2020 08:50:09 Hours
As of this morning (18), a total of 401more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 3of them are seafarers and all other 398 were from locally-identified affectees. Of those persons, 201 are from Colombo, 82 from Gampaha and 32 from Kalutara, states the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).
18th November 2020 08:46:21 Hours
Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, in his capacity as Head of the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID 19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) was invited this evening (16) by the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) to contribute to an online learning programme, meant for development of communicative skills for frontline health workers and the general public at large.
18th November 2020 08:44:30 Hours
Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Head, NOCPCO, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army this morning (16) commenting on the isolation / quarantine curfew, now in force in several areas in the Western Province and Gampaha district against transmission of COVID-19 pointed out areas where these restrictions were removed or continue to be in force. Here follow the full video footage of those statements;
16th November 2020 14:26:25 Hours
As of this morning (16), a total of 704 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 3 of them are expatriates and all other 701 were from locally-identified affectees. Of those persons 541 are from Colombo, 39 from Gampaha and 08 from Galle, states the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).
16th November 2020 13:33:39 Hours
As of this morning (15), a total of 392 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 3 of them are expatriates and all other 389 were from locally-identified affectees. Of those persons 205 are from Colombo, 40 from Gampaha and 14 from Kalutara, states the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).
15th November 2020 10:25:13 Hours
Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Head, NOCPCO, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army this morning (15) commenting on the isolation / quarantine curfew, now in force in several areas in the Western Province and Gampaha district against transmission of COVID-19 pointed out areas where these restrictions were removed or continue to be in force. Here follow the full video footage of those statements;
11th November 2020 11:52:32 Hours
Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Head, NOCPCO, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army this morning (11) commenting on current developments as regards the transmission of COVID-19 spoke to the Media and briefed the public on precautions, health guidelines and eruption of new clusters of patients, etc. Here follow the full video footages of those statements;
11th November 2020 11:49:58 Hours
Puritas (Pvt) Ltd was the latest among donors to extend appreciative gestures to the armed forces, engaged in COVID-19 control work when a few of those representatives this morning (10) called on Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army at the Army HQ to donate a stock of exclusive jogging/running masks and face masks that can be used by tri-service troops. This was the 5th as such, totalling to 14,000 face masks within this year.
11th November 2020 11:48:13 Hours
The Task Force at the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) this afternoon (10) during one more meeting session closely reviewed the status quo, new developments and other emergency measures as regards the epidemic in the country.
