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$17 mn. WHO grant for SL for pandemic preparedness

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has awarded Sri Lanka a $17 million grant for its proposal, “One Vision, One Shield,” aimed at strengthening pandemic preparedness and response.

This proposal was developed with the support of five key implementing agencies: the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank (WB), the World Health Organization (WHO), and UNICEF, in collaboration with One Health stakeholders in Sri Lanka.

The grant will be distributed over a three-year period starting in January 2025.

It aims to implement the recommendations from Sri Lanka’s most recent Joint External Evaluation and the subsequent National Action Plan for Health Security. The focus areas include enhancing surveillance, laboratory capacities, and the health workforce.

In addition to this grant, Sri Lanka is also a beneficiary of a multi-country proposal submitted for the WHO South-East Asia region.

The second round of the Pandemic Fund grant allocations, announced on October 18, 2024, aims to bolster pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response capacities in 40 countries across six geographical regions.

To date, the two rounds of funding total $885 million, mobilizing an additional $6 billion in support of 75 countries, half of which are low- and middle-income countries.

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2nd round of Grade 06 admission appeals open online today

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The Ministry of Education has announced that online appeals for the second round of Grade 06 admissions in 2025, based on the 2024 Grade 05 Scholarship Examination results, can be submitted from today (July 03) until July 17.

Parents or guardians can submit appeals for up to three schools by visiting the official website of the Ministry of Education at www.moe.gov.lk or directly via the extension at g6application.moe.gov.lk.

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Several showers expected today

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Several spells of showers will occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Nuwara-Eliya, Kandy, Galle and Matara districts today (July 03), the Department of Meteorology said.

Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in the Uva province and in Ampara and Batticaloa districts during the afternoon or night.

Meanwhile, fairly strong winds of about 30-40 kmph can be expected at times over Western slopes of the central hills and in Northern, North-central and North-western provinces and in Trincomalee and Hambantota districts.

The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.

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Kahawatte OIC transferred

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The Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Kahawatte Police has been transferred to the Jaffna Police Division to facilitate the investigation into the youth who was shot dead on June 30 in Kahawatte, Police said.

A 22-year-old youth died while another was critically injured in a shooting incident in the Yainna area of Kahawatte.

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