Health
MP Dissanayake misdiagnoses the quality of SL’s health services
Even in the midst of all the shortcomings, it’s Sri Lanka that has the best health service in South Asia
The Life Traveler | July 19, 2023
Posted on: 7 September, 2023
Partly True
Minister Rambukwella injects false glory on Sri Lanka’s Covid vaccinations
In terms of administering both doses of the vaccine, as of yesterday [January 1], we rank 4th in the world; as the highest percentage from the eligible population, we rank 4th out of 194 countries in the world.
Daily Mirror Online | January 2, 2022
Posted on: 10 February, 2022
False
UNP Deputy Leader Wijewardena mostly wrong on Covid-19 death analysis
It is said that 10 patients are dying every hour. The rate at which patients are dying is 1.5%. Sri Lanka has become the country that reports the highest death rate in Asia due to COVID-19.
Aruna | August 12, 2021
Posted on: 23 September, 2021
Partly True
Minister Namal Rajapaksa on COVID-19 management: declares victory in South Asia prematurely
In the South Asian Region, the country that has most successfully controlled the pandemic is Sri Lanka
Mawbima | July 12, 2021
Posted on: 22 July, 2021
False
MP S.M. Marikkar forgets Afghanistan in comparing Sri Lanka’s vaccination performance
Not even 2 million of the Sri Lankan population has been vaccinated as of now. We have vaccinated the least number of people in the region.
Aruna | May 26, 2021
Posted on: 18 June, 2021
Partly True
DG Health Services sets up the wrong criteria for community spread of COVID-19
If it is to reach the community transmission level, the positive rate would have drastically spiraled parallel to the number of PCR tests. At present, Sri Lanka is not experiencing such a situation.
Daily Mirror | February 10, 2021
Posted on: 12 March, 2021
False
College of Community Physicians: lays to rest concerns on COVID-19 burials
WHO, CDC and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control had issued clear and extensive guidelines on handling dead bodies confirmed or suspected as having COVID-19… all these global pandemic control programmes clearly stipulate that the victims can be “buried or cremated”…
NewsFirst | December 31, 2020
Posted on: 14 January, 2021
True
Deputy Leader of the UNP Wijewardene: technically right on health ministry budget, not on its implications
The amount allocated for the Health Ministry while this crisis is ongoing is Rs. 158 billion for 2021, that’s down Rs. 20 billion from 2019… You can see where the government’s priorities are.
Daily FT | November 4, 2020
Posted on: 1 January, 2021
Partly True
Chief Epidemiologist Samaraweera misclassifies COVID-19 spread in SL
“If positive cases are reported without the origin, then it can be identified as a community transmission.
Daily Mirror | November 9, 2020
Posted on: 19 December, 2020
False
Former Minister of Health Rajitha Senaratne transmits incorrect information on Malaria incidence
In 2016, I eliminated Malaria from Sri Lanka.
Divaina | June 24, 2020
Posted on: 13 August, 2020
False
Mujibur Rahman on Covid-19 foreign financing: embraces common misunderstanding
We know that our country has received a large amount of money from abroad to control [the COVID-19 pandemic] ...
Lankadeepa | April 28, 2020
Posted on: 11 June, 2020
Partly True
Pavithra Wanniarachchi makes healthy assessment on Covid-19 community transmission
…No [COVID-19] patients were reported from the community in the period of close to three weeks that elapsed, because the disease did not spread amongst the community.
Ada Derana | May 20, 2020
Posted on: 3 June, 2020
True
Former Health Minister Senaratne correctly diagnoses underestimation of Covid-19 cases but overstates extent
[The number in Sri Lanka considered to have contracted Covid-19] is determined only by the number of people that have been tested for the virus.
Mawbima | April 12, 2020
Posted on: 20 May, 2020
Partly True
GMOA on relative rate of Covid-19 case growth in Sri Lanka: mistaken on both data and trajectory
We are in a worst situation compared to Italy at the end of the first 7 days (from 1st Local Case). Peak of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka can be expected during New Year Season if we do not take more aggressive decisions as suggested by WHO.
Official GMOA Facebook Page | March 19, 2020
Posted on: 1 April, 2020
False
Minister Abeysinghe claims a healthy increase in health budgets
In 2010, LKR 53.1 billion was allocated for free healthcare; in 2015, we allocated LKR 139.5 billion. In 2016, [it was] LKR 174 billion. In 2019, an amount of LKR 194.5 billion were allocated.
Dinamina | August 22, 2019
Posted on: 22 October, 2019
True
Minister of health repeats misconception on Sri Lanka’s health service standings
Within the world healthcare system, the fact that the best health service is provided by Cuba and Sri Lanka has been accepted by the World Health Organization.
Mawbima | February 4, 2019
Posted on: 30 May, 2019
False