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  • 4000 Sets of Surgical Masks Gifted to Army for Use in Fight against COVID-19

    16th April 2020 06:44:57 Hours

    Appreciative of the roles, being performed by hundreds of Army, Navy and Air Force troops in the management of COVID-19 patients in island-wide Quarantine Centres, detection and transport of suspicious individuals risking their own lives, the leading Buddhist scholar, Ven Prof. Medagoda Abhayatissa Nayake Thero, Senior Lecturer at Sri Jayawardenepura University and the Chief Incumbent, Sri Sunethradevi Raja Maha Piriven Viharaya at Pepiliyana on Wednesday (15) gifted a consignment of 4100 plus surgical face masks to Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army who is also the Head at the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

  • Minister Gifts New Drone Camera to the Army for Its COVID-19 Control Projects

    16th April 2020 06:13:46 Hours

    Hon Minister Wimal Weerawansha during a cordial meet that took place at the Army Headquarters on Wednesday (15) gifted a new drone to Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army and Head at the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) for use in ongoing Army COVID-19 control.

  • Professionals Volunteer to Make Presentations on Arrest of COVID-19 at NOCPCO

    11th April 2020 06:58:31 Hours

    The National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), headed by Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army at Rajagiriya continues to receive voluntary professional know-how and technical inputs from a wide variety of scholars and university dons who are prepared to extend their support to the government's fighting mechanism against the eradication of COVID-19 pandemic from Sri Lanka.

  • Kandakadu QC Sends 37 More Homes with Quarantine Certificates

    10th April 2020 10:37:24 Hours

    A total of 37 more individuals upon completion of 28 days quarantine process in the Army-managed Kandakadu Quarantine Centre (QC) left for their residential places this morning (9) after completion of medical procedures and receipt of their Quarantine Certificates.

  • To Contain Further Transmission, Tharapuram Village too Isolated from Today (9) - Head, NOCPCO

    10th April 2020 10:34:17 Hours

    The routine Media interaction at the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) at Rajagiriya took place this afternoon (9), headed by Mrs Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Hon Minister of Health, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Head of the (NOCPCO), Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, Medical Specialist, Dr Anil Jasinghe, Director General of Health Services and Attorney-at Law Ajith Rohana, Deputy Inspector General of Police.

  • New Isolation Hospital, Improvised by Army Troops in Record Time Opened for Use

    08th April 2020 08:23:18 Hours

    Fulfilling one more gigantic national task in a record time, Sri Lanka Army’s 1 Corps of Engineer Services (CES) troops on the directions of Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army during this critical hour of our Nation, improvised the entire unattended former Voice of America building complex at Iranawila, Chilaw to be an isolation hospital and vested it with state authorities this afternoon (7).

  • “Only the Already Quarantined Person Need to Undergo Self-Quarantine, Not Family Members” - Head, NOCPCO

    07th April 2020 09:04:27 Hours

    The routine Media interaction at the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) at Rajagiriya took place this afternoon (5), headed by Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Head of the (NOCPCO), Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, Medical Specialist, Dr Anil Jasinghe, Director General of Health Services and Attorney at Law Ajith Rohana, Deputy Inspector General of Police.

  • 217 More Leave for Homes with Quarantine Certificates

    07th April 2020 08:58:10 Hours

    217 more individuals upon completion of the two-week-long quarantine process in Quarantine Centres (QCs) in Army-managed Kundasale QC, Navy - managed Boossa QC and Air Force-managed Mullaittivu QC left for their homes this morning (6) after completion of medical procedures and receipt of their Quarantine Certificates.

  • “Quarantined Persons Urged to Undergo Two-more Weeks of Self-Quarantine at Home” - Head NOCPCO

    06th April 2020 08:56:23 Hours

    The routine Media interaction at the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) at Rajagiriya took place this afternoon (5), headed by Mrs Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Hon Minister of Health, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Head of the (NOCPCO), Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army and Attorney-at Law Ajith Rohana, Deputy Inspector General of Police.

  • 279 More Quarantined Ones Leave for Homes

    06th April 2020 08:53:52 Hours

    The effective management and smooth conduct of Armed Forces-managed Quarantine Centers (QCs) in Vidaththapalai and Kundasale saw 279 more individuals upon completion of the two-week-long quarantine process, left for their homes this morning (5) after completion of medical procedures with their Quarantine Certificates.