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  • Old Visakhians Gift Medical Device to COVID Ward at Colombo Army Hospital

    13th July 2021 09:30:14 Hours

    A fluid warmer, worth about Rs 2,75,000 was donated to the COVID-19 ward at the Colombo Army Hospital by the A/L batch of 2001 at Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo on Thursday (8).

  • Vaccination for Educational Managers & Teachers Begins

    09th July 2021 08:50:01 Hours

  • “Military Professionals’ Contribution to National Vaccination Shouldn't be Condemned” - Head, NOCPCO

    08th July 2021 11:10:16 Hours

    Head, National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva updating the NOCPCO Task Force members who assembled at the NOCPCO this afternoon (7) told that all Task Force decisions are taken for the best interests of the majority of the people and should not be construed as individual utterances as some elements try to project.

  • Medical Teams of Security Forces Liaise Closely with RDHS Offices for COVID Control & Refute GMOA Allegations

    04th July 2021 06:06:33 Hours

    The Sri Lanka Army, taking note of a set of GMOA unfounded accusations and false observations that have been published in social media platforms and Media on Thursday (1), complaining against the Army's committed supportive role in the national vaccination programme with focus on the Eastern province, wishes to place on record the following relevant facts since the GMOA, has erroneously stated about "post vaccination complications reported from Security Forces-managed East-based apparel industry vaccination centres", "unacceptable interferences'', "unacceptable conduct of work in haphazard manner", "forceful entry into MOH offices", " issue of vaccine stocks in ad hoc manner", etc while blaming the Security Forces in the East for lack of knowledge on 'logistics' and cooperation.

  • “Expatriates Need to Bring Proper PCR Test Reports in Future When Landing”-Head NOCPCO

    02nd July 2021 14:16:07 Hours

    General Shavendra Silva, Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, together with the Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Dr Asela Gunawardene during one more meeting at the NOCPCO Wednesday (30) afternoon reviewed and summed up the present status of the COVID-19 control work.

  • 21 Males & 24 Females Die on Monday (28) - NOCPCO

    01st July 2021 08:32:55 Hours

  • 39 Deaths Reported on Saturday (26) - NOCPCO

    29th June 2021 09:17:51 Hours

    As of this morning (28), a total of 1,867 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Among them, 100 were Sri Lankan expatriates. The rest 1767 were locally-identified positive cases, including the majority 378 from Kalutara District, 344 from Gampaha District, 271 from Colombo District and 774 from different other Districts, states the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

  • Total Infected Ones Exceed 2.5 Lakhs - NOCPCO

    27th June 2021 12:38:29 Hours

    As of this morning (27), a total of 1,825 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Among them, 24 were Sri Lankan expatriates. The rest 1,801 were locally-identified positive cases, including the majority 407 from Gampaha District, 346 from Colombo District, 183 from Gampaha District and 865 from different other Districts, states the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

  • 1042 Persons after Quarantining Leaves Centres - NOCPCO

    27th June 2021 12:37:17 Hours

    As of this morning (26), a total of 1,876 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Among them, 16 were Sri Lankan expatriates and one foreigner. The rest 1,859 were locally-identified positive cases, including the majority 378 from Colombo District, 347 from Kalutara District, 176 from Gampaha District and 958 from different other Districts, states the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

  • NOCPCO Reviews COVID-19 Situation

    26th June 2021 10:12:27 Hours

    One more round of discussion and review meeting with National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID- 19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) Task Force members got underway this afternoon (25) at the NOCPCO Rajagiriya, presided by General Shavendra Silva, Head of the NOCPCO, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army and Dr Asela Gunawardena, Director General Health Services.