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Phis Oppose WP Schools Reopening www.themorning.lk Provincial VOL 01 | NO 02 | Rs. 30.00 { FRIDAY } FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2021 SLAF AIR VICTORIOUS INDIA DOG UNIT COME BACK HOME WORKING TOWARDS A SAFER SRI LANKA ELEPHANT CONFLICT NCPI-BASED AND ELEPHANT INFLATION DECREASED CONSERVATION IN DECEMBER 2020 »SEE PAGE 11 »SEE PAGES 5 »SEE BUSINESS PAGE 1 »SEE PAGE 14 PHIs oppose Only 2,500 tourists WP schools permitted daily reopening BY DINITHA RATHNAYAKE reported from workplaces and BY DINITHA RATHNAYAKE including four cargo flights. positive for Covid-19 but it was CART) recommendations and Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) this would create a problematic After reopening Sri Lanka’s borders for tourism With the country opening not due to passenger handling, in alignment with the ACI have raised concerns over the situation in the coming weeks. yesterday (21), the Government has decided to limit up for tourism yesterday, and instead contracted the Aviation Business Restart proposed reopening of schools Before restarting schools, the tourist arrivals to 2,500 per day due to Covid-19-related a few tourists arrived too,” virus from outside, said and Recovery guidelines along in the Western Province. authorities must take into account capacity issues, The Morning learnt. Sumanasekara said. Sumanasekara. with industry best practices. PHIs Union President Upul the decisions made by the relevant Speaking to The Morning, arrivals and how the arrival He further explained: Safety measures Sumanasekara further added Rohana claimed that if movement committees composed of the area’s Airport and Aviation Services capacity is handled at present, “Airport staff is well set to are guaranteed 100%, that this certificate had been is not restricted in high-risk areas, principals, parents, and teachers,” (Sri Lanka) (Pvt.) Ltd. Director he noted. handle the arrivals. We have Sumanasekara assured. issued only for 190 airports including within the Western said Rohana while speaking to The Shehan Sumanasekara said “At the moment, we have around 4,300 staff members According to Sumanasekara, from 1,200 airports in the Province, to some extent, Covid- Morning in this regard yesterday that the decision was taken only limited the tourist arrivals at the Mattala Airport in this is the main reason that the world. 19 may spread even further around (21). considering the PCR testing and do not have any intention Hambantota, the Bandaranaike Airports Council International When queried about the schools and workplaces. According to Rohana, the PHIs capacity, the availability of to limit the repatriation process International Airport (BIA) in (ACI) certified the BIA’s total income from the recent “This may create a situation have issues with the current hotels and tour guides, and where the total repatriation- Katunayake, and the Colombo commitment to prioritising pilot project implemented where other schools would also policies regarding the issue and restrictions at the country’s related arrivals reported in a day International Airport in health and safety measures in connection with bringing have to be closed down. We have the Government’s decisions taken airports. were 207 and the total of such Ratmalana, who are all well in accordance with the down Ukrainian tourists, already informed the Health pertaining to such, and are not However, there is a arrivals during the last nine experienced to handle any International Civil Aviation Sumanasekara confirmed that Minister of this through a letter. satisfied with the ongoing Covid- possibility of increasing this months was 70,000. Yesterday crisis.” Organisation Council Aviation it was a sum of Rs. 42 million The situation could be worse since 19-related safety measures. number according to the tourist (21), we received 13 flights Only 10 of them tested Recovery Task Force’s (ICAO within 18 days. Covid-19-positive cases are being Contd. on page 2 THE CAPTIVE ELEPHANT Imran Khan’s visit yet to be confirmed A visit by Pakistani potential visit, we were told Prime Minister Imran Khan that an agenda would only is yet to be confirmed, be released if and when such despite international a visit is confirmed. media reports stating that If the visit does go ahead, he is scheduled to visit Khan would be the first by the end of February, head of government to The Morning learnt. visit the island since the Media Secretary to the pandemic struck last year. State Minister of Regional It would also take place Co-operation Deshan just over a month after a Gonawela told The Morning visit by Pakistan’s regional yesterday (21) that there is rival India’s External Affairs no confirmation of a visit Minister S. Jaishankar. by Khan, but that even if In December 2020, it does take place, it would Islamabad and Colombo Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan only be confirmed 10 days held Foreign Secretary- prior to his arrival. Commission too said that yet. When inquired about level “Bilateral Political The Pakistan High no visit has been confirmed the likely agenda of a Consultations” virtually. HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT SATYAGRAHA UNHCHR report sent to Wild Elephant Presidential The United National Party’s newly appointed General Secretary Range Bandara and other appointees to the party’s Working Committee were sworn in before Party Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe in Sirikotha yesterday (21) PHOTO LALITH PERERA Mgt Reserve to Secretariat BY PAMODI WARAVITA An advanced copy of the United Nations Cabinet soon (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR) report on Sri Lanka, which is New Covid symptom on BY PAMODI WARAVITA the Satyagraha campaign is expected to be tabled at the United Nations A cabinet paper for the proposed continuing in Walsapugala for Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Wild Elephant Management the fifth day today (22) since Switzerland this March, has been handed tongue: Researchers Reserve in Hambantota is due to 18 January. The locals are over to the Presidential Secretariat which be handed over to the Cabinet of demanding that the proposed Wild is currently studying it with the Ministry z Ministers soon by the Ministry of Elephant Management Reserve of Foreign Affairs. SL officials on lookout despite no reports Wildlife and Forest Conservation in Hambantota be gazetted as a Speaking to The Morning yesterday (21), BY DINITHA RATHNAYAKE an increasing number of Covid-19 Asymptomatic transmission refers to as a solution to the ongoing relief to the problems they face State Minister of Regional Co-operation Ever since the outbreak of the deadly patients in the UK. transmission of the virus from a person Satyagraha campaign by locals due to the human-elephant conflict Media Secretary Deshan Gonawela said Covid-19 pandemic, the symptoms of “These symptoms include the tongue who does not develop symptoms. in Walsapugala, Hambantota. (HEC) in the area. that the Presidential Secretariat has received the viral infection have been constantly being coated, thick patches having We have to look for those with the “Regulations for the said “Land grabbing from the higher the said report and is currently considering evolving as well as increasing, with formed all over it, redness of the tongue, new symptom but if you notice patches Cabinet paper are currently being areas up until Gonnoruwa Road the formal stance that the Government of the latest and strangest among them, strawberry tongue, and ulcers in the on your tongue, you must consult your discussed at the Ministry, along has resulted in elephants losing Sri Lanka should take regarding the matter. termed “Covid-19 tongue”, riddling mouth. These are symptoms of an acute doctor and get yourself tested, Perera with the support of the Mahaweli their natural habitat and entering Gonawela added that a reply to the report the oral cavity, in particular the tongue infection inside the mouth.” added. Authority, and will be finalised the village,” claimed Seneviratne. could be expected as soon as possible. with a host of afflictions. However, according to Dr. Perera, a Meanwhile, epidemiologist and soon,” said Ministry Co-ordinating Mahaweli Authority Residential The upcoming 44th UNHRC session which According to Lady Ridgeway majority of children in Sri Lanka do not King’s College, London Prof. Tim Secretary Nihal Premasinghe. Business Manager Osmond De is due to be held in March will commence Hospital for Children (LRH) show these symptoms and have also Spector has claimed an increase in A cabinet memorandum on the Silva said that since the reserve is under UNHCHR Michelle Bachelet, who in Consultant Paediatrician Dr. Deepal tested negative when administered the the number of Covid-19 patients matter has already been tabled by within the Mahaweli Authority’s her update to the UNHRC on 14 September Perera, who spoke to The Morning rapid antigen test. suffering from symptoms like oral Subject Minister C.B. Rathnayake. land area, they have agreed to 2020, had noted a “negative trend” in Sri in this regard, researchers now claim “Even if the children have the ulcers – not yet listed by the World According to Viyaparika Kiri co-operate with the Ministry for Lanka with regard to human rights. that an unusual symptom associated infection which gives rise to the Health Organization (WHO) as one Govi Sanvidana organisation the drafting of the regulations. Contd. on page 2 with the infection, called “Covid- particular symptoms, the majority are of the Covid-19 symptoms. Secretary Thushara Seneviratne, Contd. on page 2 19 tongue”, had been observed in asymptomatic,” claimed Dr. Perera. Contd. on page 2 Covid-19 CASES TOTAL CASES SL
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