Some of the highlights of the inauguration;
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Address by the Chief Guest, Hon. Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris
https://youtu.be/84zVIhGmoRA?t=5693
Address by Guest of Honor, Hon. State Minister Dr Seetha Arambepola
https://youtu.be/84zVIhGmoRA?t=2821
Introductory Remarks by, Chairman of the NSF Prof. Ranjith Senaratne
https://youtu.be/84zVIhGmoRA?t=2265
The acknowledgment and appreciation by the Additional Director NSF Dr. Thamara F. Dias
https://youtu.be/84zVIhGmoRA?t=7400
Watch the whole programme on NSF channel: Day 1 | Day 2
The global mortality rate of COVID-19 currently less than 5%, which is much lower than those of SARS (≈10%), MERS (≈35%) and Ebola (≈50%). However, it is more infectious and differs from other pandemics in terms of the infectious period, transmissibility, clinical severity and the extent of community spread. When compared with many developed countries, Sri Lanka has made great strides in combating COVID-19 and keeping the mortality rate low. For instance, the case fatality rate (ratio of confirmed deaths to confirmed cases) thus far observed in Sri Lanka is only about 0.6% as against 19.1 % in France, 14.3% in Italy, 7.8% in Canada, 5.6% in China, 4.1% in Cuba, 2.9% in India and 2.4% in S. Korea. Read More
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