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COLOMBO (News 1st): The Director-General of Health Services confirmed that FIVE (05) COVID-19 deaths were reported in the country on Monday (Mar. 08), raising Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll to 507.
The details of the deceased are as follows:
01. A 72-year-old female from Anuradhapura. She died on 20.02.2021 while receiving treatment at Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital. The cause of death is mentioned as Covid pneumonia, asthma, high blood pressure, and acute diabetes.
02. A 19-year-old female from Hemmathagama. She died on 06.03.2021 while receiving treatment at Kandy General Hospital. The cause of death is mentioned as Covid pneumonia and a tumor.
03. A 51-year-old female from Durga Town. She was diagnosed as infected with COVID-19 and transferred from a private hospital in Colombo to Kothalawala Defence Hospital, where she died on 08.03.2021. The cause of death is mentioned as Covid pneumonia and multiple organ dysfunction.
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COLOMBO (News 1st): The Director-General of Health Services confirmed that FIVE (05) COVID-19 deaths were reported in the country on Thursday (Mar. 04) raising Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll to 489.
The details of the deceased are as follows:
01. A 53-year-old female from Ussapitiya. She was transferred from Mawanella Hospital to Kegalle Base Hospital, where she was diagnosed as infected with COVID-19 virus. Consequently she was transferred to Kandy General Hospital where she died on 22.02.2021. The cause of death is mentioned as Covid pneumonia.
02. A 78-year-old female from Giriulla. She was diagnosed as infected with COVID-19 virus while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Colombo. The she was transferred to Kothalawala Defence Hospital, where she died on 04.03.2021. The cause of death is mentioned as Covid pneumonia and multiple organ dysfunction.
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The Government is planning to open the country’s borders for tourists, but will confine them to coastal areas in the south, east and the northwest of the country.
The details on reopening of the country for the tourism sector were discussed on Friday at a meeting presided over by Basil Rajapaksa who has been appointed to chair the Presidential Task Force in charge of Economic Revival and Poverty Eradication.
The Health Ministry has been told to draft the required health guidelines.
The moves come in the wake of intense lobbying by the tourism sector because of heavy losses incurred over the years, especially this COVID-19-hit year.