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
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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
State minister Dayasiri Jayasekara on point on the plummeting of tourism earnings
The tourism industry has collapsed completely following the Easter Sunday attacks and following this COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the collapse of the tourism industry, we have lost USD 5 billion per year that the country should have received.
Daily Mirror Online | July 13, 2021
Posted on: 29 July, 2021
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
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
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
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