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Nipah virus: Cooked meat safe, says medical expert
By Rathindra Kuruwita
People should not avoid the consumption of cooked meat in view of the Nipah virus, Dr Saranga Sumathipala, Consultant Virologist of the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) said.
“We eat meat after cooking it well. When you cook well, any virus is destroyed.”
Sumathipala said Nipah outbreaks happened in Kerala in 2018, 2019 and 2021 but the virus had never spread outside of India.He said that Nipah is a very rare disease.
People get infected with the Nipah virus by consuming fruits that had come into contact with the secretion of bats, Consultant Medical Virologist at the Medical Research Institute Dr. Janaki Abeynayake told the media on Friday (22).
Pigs, too, can get the disease from bats, she said.
Meanwhile, Consultant Epidemiologist Samitha Ginige said the virus poses no threat to Sri Lanka.
“We are monitoring the situation in Kerala. There is no need to panic.
The National Mineral Policy was prepared for the first time in the year 1999, and the aforementioned policy has been amended in 2023 to cover matters such as preparing an updated data system related to mineral resources, adding value to the export of minerals, encouraging mineral-related industrialists, extracting mineral resources and managing the environment sustainably, and resolving the issues related to the ownership of the land arising in extracting mineral resources.
The revised National Mineral Policy has been reupdated in line with the manifesto “A Sustainable Resource Utilization – Generation of the Highest Benefit” under the policy statement of the current government” A Thriving Nation – A Beautiful Life.”
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution presented by the Minister of Industries and
Entrepreneurship to implement the so-formulated “National Mineral Policy—2026.”
The Gampaha High Court has sentenced Twelve (12) individuals to death over the 2022 murder of former Polonnaruwa District Member of Parliament Amarakeerthi Athukorala and his security officer.
It has been decided to implement air-conditioned, low floor board bus service with facilities for people with special needs as a pilot project by utilizing the provisions allocated for the “Clean Sri Lanka” project.
Accordingly, the procurement for purchasing 10 buses has already been awarded and these buses are due in Sri Lanka on 15-03-2026
It has seemed that the Sri Lanka Transport Board does not have the capability to provide the physical infrastructure and digital
infrastructure necessary for the operation and maintenance of these buses.
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution presented by the Minister of Transport, Highways, and Urban Development to implement the project of deploying 100 modern, comfortable, and advanced technology buses for passenger transportation in the Colombo suburbs as an initial step taken to modernize passenger transport, and transfer the relevant 10 buses to the Metro Transit (Private) Company, established under the Sri Lanka Transport Board as per the
Cabinet decision made on 21-07-2025, and to operate this service under this company.
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