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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 …
What factors make COVID – 19 to go asymptomatic to deadly? Read More
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.
Face Masks Against Covid-19 Read More
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.
A Walk Through The Timescale of Pandemics Read More
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.
Sri Lankan Scientists Read the Full Genome of SARS-Cov-2 and Identify Four Different Strains of The Virus Read More
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?
Number of COVID-19 confirmed cases; Is it just a tip of an huge iceberg? Read More
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 .
COVID-19 Different Battle Fronts: Different Scenarios Read More
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 …
Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin not effective against COVID-19 – study says Read More
Sri Lankan Scientists Look for Existing Drugs to Fight Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
Sri Lankan Scientists Look for Existing Drugs to Fight Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) Read More
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.
The Sri Lanka LabExpo 2020 Comes to Colombo Next Week Read More
U G Didiula Adithya a student from Sri Chandrananda Buddhist School, Kandy won the first place of the water rocket competition held in Sagamihara, Japan. Water rocket competitions have nowadays …
Sri Lankan Rocket Wins the First Place at Japan Water Rocket Competition Read More