Following the Government declaration of the Plantations sector as an essential service, the Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) stated that RPC operations immediately gathered momentum amidst stringent new measures to protect workers and the wider estate community against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unilever Sri Lanka has committed a sum of Rs. 35 million towards national efforts to tackle the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in Sri Lanka.
In response to the current COVID-19 outbreak, vivo, the global smartphone brand donated LKR 1 million worth surgical masks to the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka.
The management and employees of Allianz Sri Lanka recently joined hands with University Hospital of Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) to provide a High Performance Real Time Quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) machine worth Rs. 4 million to test for COVID-19.
The Alumni Association of the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka recently donated medical equipment and other protective equipment to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (IDH Hospital) in an attempt to lend their support in combating the global pandemic : COVID – 19.
John Keells Group through John Keells Foundation, Keells supermarkets and Ceylon Cold Stores (Elephant House) have distributed 10,000 packs of essential goods to households in identified regions in the island, to ease the burden of those not having ready access during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CHEC Port City Colombo, today, donated surgical masks and gloves to the people carrying out daily duties at the Manning Wholesale Market in Pettah, which has been providing an essential service to the public during the COVID 19 outbreak.
Nearly 100 new mothers, from low income group families at Talangama Base Hospital were gifted with a “new baby” maternity kits from the Rotabats – a pseudonym for members of the Rotary club of Battaramulla recently.
In aim to contribute towards the combat of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Maliban Biscuits recently donated special cold storage facilities and highly essential medical equipment to treat infected patients, at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH).
The Association of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes (APHNH) in a statement to media said they are fully committed to and will continue to be a contributing force to the healthcare services in the country, in this critical time of the coronavirus pandemic.
With the country facing many challenges during these unprecedented times as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to expand, Omega Line Group which operates under the flagship of Italy-based Calzedonia S.p.A has stepped in to donate 400,000 safety masks to frontline healthcare workers in the fight against the infectious disease.
