Wellaweediya Police station today carried out an operation at Gas Paha Junction to check people’s identity cards as the Government has implemented the procedure where the people are only allowed to venture outside according to the last digit of the identity card. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe
Army soldiers are seen completing the Biggest Army-improvised COVID-19 Hospital at Seeduwa. The new hospital is receiving the final touches to be opened by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on May 18. The hospital contained about 1,300 beds to accommodate COVID patients. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana
Venerable Uwatenne Sumana Thera and Joint Development Officers Association Secretary Dhammika Munasinghe today filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) stating that the development officers were not provided with health safety equipment in the current pandemic situation. Pix by Pradeep Dilruckshana.
People in the Gampaha area are subject to stringent checking during the island-wide travel restriction in force. People, who were found loitering during lockdown were sent back. Only those who were on essential services allowed to travel. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja and Waruna Wanniarachchi
A lorry carrying oxygen cylinders seen in the picture being manoeuvred through floodwater in Malwana, Biyagama, on its way to a hospital. Several areas in the country were inundated by floods due to incessant showers. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi
Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne today inspected the COVID-19 centre, which is being built in Werellawatta, Gampaha. The new centre could accommodate about 1000 COVID patients. The Navy Commander said they would be able to handover the centre to the health sector in about a couple of weeks. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe
COVID-19 vaccination drive which was conducted by MOH Gampaha and Gampaha Pradeshiya Sabha held successfully yesterday at Gampaha Pahala Imbulgoda Sri Wijayawardena Sri Maha Vihara, despite adverse weather conditions and travel restrictions. Pix by Indraratne Balasuriya
On the sidelines of the vaccination drive set about to control the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka Navy in collaboration with the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) in the Katunayake Export Processing Zone (EPZ) carried out another inoculation drive to administer ‘Sinopharm’ vaccination to employees of EPZ today.
Air Force Commander Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana made a visit to the construction site which is under way at the Mulleriyawa Base Hospital to treat patients who are on the recovery path from COVID-19. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe
Roads in the Colombo City, Kottawa and Gampaha area are seen deserted due to COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the authorities to prevent the spread of the virus. Road blocks have also been set up in several locations to check people moving on the roads. Pix by Nisal Baduge, Pradeep Dilrukshana and Kushan Pathiraja
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