July 10, 2021 08:51 pmThe Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 596 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 1,515. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 273,031. As many as 242,839 recoveries and 3,467 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 26,758 active cases are currently under medical care.

The quarantine process, which is a health measure, should not be used as a means of punishment or detention, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) says. In a letter to the Director-General of Health Services and the Inspector General of Police, the BASL said that health guidelines should not be allowed to adversely affect freedom of protest. The quarantine process applies only to those who have contracted or are suspected of having contracted the disease, and that it is illegal to forcibly detain people released on bail at quarantine centers, the BASL points out. BASL further points out that, the notice issued by the police only forbids mass protests and not meetings and protests carried out while adhering to the health guidelines. Such arrests and forcible detentions by the police will have a detrimental effect on the efforts to suppress COVID-19, BASL added.

It was a glitzy affair in the royal box at Wimbledon today as the biggest names in showbusiness, mingled with former Grand Slam champions and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Australian Barty has breezed through the competition so far and is looking for her first Wimbledon trophy and only her second Grand Slam overall. 3& 4: The Duke & Duchess of CambridgeFront and centre of the royal box was The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Mortimer has won three Grand Slam singles titles: the 1955 French Championships, the 1958 Australian Championships, and Wimbledon. Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra Jonas was joined in the royal box by her business woman friend Natasha Poonawalla.

But with a last-minute dash to secure tickets, the UEFA portal was hit by numerous delays, error messages and problems, annoying fans who waited hours only for their hopes to be dashed. One said: 'uefa portal final tickets such a rubbish experience, I’m sure it’s worked for some but having been on in time to just get errors and problems with the website is a shambles…'Another tweeted: 'If I never see that UEFA ticket portal again it will be too soon,' while a third added: 'UEFA portal is an absolute joke,' followed by an angry emoji. Chris Thorpe said: 'The UEFA tickets portal…' with a facepalm emoji and a GIF of slamming a computer on the ground. A seventh posted a similar message: 'The #UEFA ticket portal…….' Another claimed he was in the UEFA portal for two hours, only for his shopping cart to appear completely empty.

By Joe Davies For MailonlinePublished: 09:42 EDT, 10 July 2021 | Updated: 09:54 EDT, 10 July 2021Scotland football fans are preparing for battle tomorrow night when England take on Italy in the Euro 2020 final by picturing manager Roberto Mancini as William Wallace. The front page of the pro-Scottish independence newspaper The National featured Italian coach Mancini photoshopped as Wallace in the 1995 epic Braveheart. And Wales fans have joined in the fun, taking to social media to post pictures of the Italian flag with the Welsh dragon in its centre. And it drew mixed reaction on social media, with some taking offence to the joke and other seeing the funny side. Scottish football fans don't support England.

Donald Trump's aides believed Rudy Giuliani was usually drunk and on the verge of senility, according to an explosive new book by Michael Wolff. Wolff wrote in Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump: 'Giuliani was, many around Trump believed, always buzzed if not, in the phrase Steve Bannon made famous in the Trump White House, hopelessly ''in the mumble tank''. Rudy Giuliani - pictured in Georgia in June 30 - seemed to always be drunk while serving in the Trump Administration, a bombshell new book has claimedGiuliani served as Trump's personal lawyer. Rudy Giuliani served as Trump's private attorneyTrump wasn't always happy with Giuliani, who was willing to go on television at any time to defend the president. After the election, Giuliani was 'eager for an administration post and assumed he would get one.

Video was about to be king on the web YouTube was launched in February 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. Google Videos was actually a thing, too, but not a real ongoing concern as far as video destinations on the web went at the time. In 2011, those numbers reached 48 hours of content being uploaded each minute and three billion views per day. Dolla dolla bills, y’all What we do know is that the Baby Shark Dance is the most viewed video on YouTube as of March 2021, with 8.5 billion views. Looking at it from that perspective, that original $1.65 billion acquisition cost was a steal.

The Ministry of Health says 919 more persons were tested positive for the novel coronavirus today (July 10). This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in the country thus far 272,402. According to official data, 26,129 virus-infected people are currently being treated at designated hospitals and treatment centres across the island. The recoveries count climbed to 242,839 today with 1,804 more patients who were under medical care for novel coronavirus returning to health. Meanwhile, the death toll from the pandemic outbreak in Sri Lanka reached 3,467 as the Director-General of Health Services confirmed 33 new fatalities today.

July 10, 2021 06:26 pmSri Lanka has registered 33 more COVID-19 related fatalities confirmed by the Director General of Health Services on Friday (July 09). The new development has pushed the official death toll due to the virus in Sri Lanka to 3,467. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims confirmed today include 19 males and 14 females. Reportedly, one of the victims is a female aged below 30 years. Among the other victims are two males and three females aged between 30-59 years and 17 males and 10 females aged 60 and above.

Two flights, chartered by SriLankan Airlines, have departed to China to bring 2 million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines, says State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals Prof. Channa Jayasumana. This is reportedly the largest consignment of coronavirus vaccines Sri Lanka will be receiving on a single day. This enabled the extension of national inoculation drive to 12 more districts apart from Colombo, and the administration of Sinopharm vaccine’s second dose. Sri Lanka has received a total of 5.1 million Sinopharm vaccines so far since the arrival of the first batch of 600,000 doses in late March this year. Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine, also known as BBIBP-CorV, is produced by China National Biotec Group (CNBG) – a subsidiary of China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (SINOPHARM).

July 10, 2021 by Aazam Ameen No CommentsTwo SriLankan Airlines flights have departed to China in order to facilitate the transport of 2 million doses of Sinopharm anti Covd-19 vaccines, State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals Prof Channa Jayasumana said today (10). Accordingly, this is the largest single consignment of the same to Sri Lanka so far. The aircrafts carrying the doses are expected to return to the island tomorrow morning (11).

Steve Gooding, director at the motoring research group, said the increasing size of cars means most domestic garages are no longer fit for purpose, having found that the average garage door width is just 2.1m. However, it's not all bad new for motorists who can't fit their motors into their garages at home. Drivers parking a motor in a locked garage overnight on average pay £673.50 for annual cover. 'Among other things, drivers pranging their cars when parking in their own garages have put paid to that guaranteed discount.' The RAC Foundation's report comes just weeks after a poll of motorists found that fifty-three per cent with garages at their properties never park their cars in them.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $150 million for Sri Lanka to purchase COVID-19 vaccines and to improve vaccination information, delivery, and monitoring systems. The project is part of ADB’s USD 9 billion Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX) launched last December to offer rapid and equitable vaccine-related support to its developing member countries. The Philippines-based regional bank said the loan will help finance the purchase of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines to immunize about 4 million Sri Lankans, contributing to the government’s target to reach 80% vaccine coverage by 2023. ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa said: “The COVID-19 pandemic has tremendously affected Sri Lanka’s economy, which is highly dependent on the services sector and tourism. ADB’s support will help protect millions of Sri Lankans from COVID-19 and strengthen the government’s response and vaccination program.

In total, 24.6m people had received their first AstraZeneca vaccine by June 30, the latest week for which data is available, and 21.5m had been fully vaccinated. Officials are administering 800,000 second doses of the British vaccine each week, which could see the remaining AstraZeneca patients protected by the end of this month. It comes after the Department of Health said that another 96,000 first and 175,000 second doses were dished out on Thursday. Even after one dose, vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic disease was around 60 per cent and did not fall substantially with age. This rises from 4 per cent after a first dose, showing the importance of a second dose.

The world is going to end. You can define the end of the world in a few different ways—the end of human civilization, the end of all life, or the destruction of the entire hunk of rock—but no matter how you slice it, it’s all coming undone eventually. But unlike those more apocryphal predictions, mainstream science is pretty certain of a few events that can—or will—cause the end of our world. Whether it’s microbes, machines, or missiles from space, here are ten ways scientists predict the world will end. Overall, the nearest and most likely end of the world is a slow, subtle, multi-pronged attack by… us.