covid19 Archives - Page 8 of 13 - Lanka Business News

April 28, 2020

The Sri Lanka Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry (SLCPI), while recognising all medical and healthcare workers as well as the law enforcement for their unstinted service during the COVID-19 outbreak, thanked the local pharmaceutical industry that includes importers, distributors, and pharmacies, along with the regulators, for their exceptional work during the curfew period. In a message […]

April 28, 2020

Sri Lanka’s benchmark manufacturer, H.H.CO Industries Pvt Ltd lending their share to the national drive to arrest the transmission of COVID-19 epidemic this morning (24) gifted 400 safety helmets for use among tri service personnel, engaged in the COVID-19 prevention and quarantine work. After meeting Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Head of the National Operation Centre […]

April 27, 2020

The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) in collaboration with key Government Institutions launched a National Website for COVID -19 response www.covid19.gov.lk. This was developed considering the unprecedented situation in the Country due to COVID-19, and with the objective of providing information to the public through reliable sources that are accredited by […]

April 27, 2020

NHS doctors have been issued an urgent alert about a sharp rise in the number of children being admitted to intensive care with a coronavirus-related condition, it was revealed today. In an alert sent to GPs, health chiefs at an NHS board in London said: ‘There is growing concern that a [COVID-19] related inflammatory syndrome is emerging […]

April 24, 2020

UK retail sales fell a record 5.1% in March as many stores shut up shop in the face of the coronavirus lockdown. The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the steepest sales fall since it started collecting the data in 1996. Food and online shopping rose, and alcohol sales also jumped. But clothes sales […]

April 23, 2020

The UK’s first human trials for a coronavirus vaccine began today at Oxford University. The trials will take place on 500 people and will first focus on safety and tolerability. It will also include an initial assessment of how effective the vaccine is in eliciting an immune response to Covid-19. Half of the people in the […]

April 23, 2020

Leading Sri Lankan e-commerce store Kapruka, recently donated a round of essentials to each of the over 600 dedicated, selfless healthcare workers employed at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH). The online store has also progressively delivered these essentials right to the homes of these staff members, to where their families and loved ones are currently […]

April 23, 2020

During the current global lockdown, leading Sri Lankan product engineering company 99X Technology has harnessed its core strength – software product engineering – to rapidly deliver digital solutions to strengthen communities and organisations globally against the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. One such solution was created together with UNDP Sri Lanka, who partnered with 99X […]

April 23, 2020

The Government of Canada has provided over CAD $56,000 (approximately 7.5 million LKR) to support Sri Lanka’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic through targeted relief to some of those most affected in vulnerable communities. The funds are being granted to the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI). […]

April 23, 2020

HNB PLC announced the implementation of a slew of special support measures to provide financial relief to their cardholders. The Bank said it had initiated these measures to help their valued customers and community tide over this difficult period, so that they could focus on other priorities and continue to provide the best for their […]

SLCPI applauds tireless efforts of the pharma industry to aid Sri Lankans during curfew

Local Helmet Manufacturer Lends Their Share to COVID-19 Control

National Website for COVID -19 Response

NHS, UK issues urgent alert amid spike in the number of children being admitted to intensive care with a new coronavirus-related ‘inflammatory syndrome’

UK retail sales fell a record 5.1% in March as many stores shut up shop in the face of the coronavirus lockdown

Coronavirus : Britain’s first vaccine trials begin on humans

Kapruka delivers a donation of essentials to the families of healthcare staff at IDH

99X Technology combats COVID-19 digitally in Sri Lanka and Scandinavia

Canada supports communities impacted by the Covid-19 crisis in Sri Lanka

HNB announces relief assistance to help cardholders tide over the impact of Covid-19 outbreak