Another 182 COVID-19 positive cases reported today, stated the Department of Government Information. Accordingly, the total count from clusters rises to 35,548.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) officially handed over 55 laptops to the Ministry of Justice as part of it’s digital support to facilitate remote Court hearings, at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Justice. The laptops are to be used to facilitate the expansion of remote court hearings in the courts identified by the Judicial Service Commission.
GERMANY: The co-founder of BioNTech said Tuesday it was “highly likely” that its vaccine against the coronavirus works against the mutated strain detected in Britain, but it could also adapt the vaccine if necessary in six weeks. “Scientifically, it is highly likely that the immune response by this vaccine also can deal with the new virus variant,” said Ugur Sahin.
The year 2020 has been a year like no other for Sri Lankans and for a newly elected Government which came into office only late last year. It has been a year full of challenges through which it has soldiered on, weathering a once-in-a-century pandemic while still enacting significant changes.