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LKA Microbiologists Express Concern Over the Use of Decontamination Chambers and Disinfectants

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

Amidst the COVID-19 fears spreading all around the island many individuals and organizations took many safety measures to control the spread of this deadly virus within the society. Among those measures one of the most popular was the use of decontamination chambers, many factories, offices and institutes installed these chambers at their entrances and all those who enter the premises are asked to go through these chambers in order to get themselves disinfected.

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What factors make COVID – 19 to go asymptomatic to deadly?

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 - by Nipuni Perera - Leave a Comment

Whenever an epidemic unfolds, a certain number of deaths are inevitable. But some will go through the disease phase and recover. Another set of individuals live through the infection even …

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Face Masks Against Covid-19

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 - by Sisira Kumara - 1 Comment

In response to the COVID-19 threat, the Government of Sri Lanka has made it mandatory for people to wear masks when in public spaces.This article compiled by Prof. Vasanthi TheVanesam, the president of Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology, outlines the most important points for using masks effectively.

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A Walk Through The Timescale of Pandemics

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 - by Nipuni Perera - Leave a Comment

Global pandemic COVID – 19 is pulling the brakes on the entire planet. In the face of it, the whole world is consistently experiencing rocketed numbers of daily cases and deaths, lock downed towns, collapsing economies, etc.

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Sri Lankan Scientists Read the Full Genome of SARS-Cov-2 and Identify Four Different Strains of The Virus

April 23, 2020April 25, 2020 - by Sisira Kumara - 2 Comments.

A group of scientists from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura has been able to fully decode the genome of the SARS-Cov2 virus. According to a news report by the University the research team headed by Prof. Neelika Malawige from the Centre for Dengue Research at the Allergy, Immunology and Cell Biology Unit has also been able to identify four different strains of the SARS-Cov-2 virus from Covid 19 patients in Sri Lanka. According to the university website this is the first time in which a full genome of a virus has been sequenced in Sri Lanka.

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Number of COVID-19 confirmed cases; Is it just a tip of an huge iceberg?

April 19, 2020April 19, 2020 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

Most of the time countries use number of confirmed COVID-19 cases as one of the main parameters to measure the severity of the disease within a country or a region. But does this number gives the actual number of COVID-19 infected people within a region?

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COVID-19 Different Battle Fronts: Different Scenarios

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

It’s just about three months from identifying the first COVID-19 patient in China. And just in little over 100 days the disease have now become a global scare with about 75000 deaths .

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Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin not effective against COVID-19 – study says

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 - by Sisira Kumara - 1 Comment

Many countries including Sri Lanka and USA began to use Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin as antiviral drugs to cut down the SARS-CoV-2 viral count of COVID-19 patients after a non randomized …

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Sri Lankan Scientists Look for Existing Drugs to Fight Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

February 19, 2020February 19, 2020 - by Sisira Kumara - 1 Comment

Sri Lankan Scientists Look for Existing Drugs to Fight Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

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The Sri Lanka LabExpo 2020 Comes to Colombo Next Week

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

Organized by S. D. Promo Media Pvt. Ltd, the Sri Lanka Lab expo 2020 will be held from 13th to 15th Feburary 2020 at Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre in Colombo.