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The COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus. The first case of the virus in Sri Lanka was confirmed on 27 January 2020, after a 44-year-old Chinese woman from Hubei , China , was admitted to ...
DHL deployed its Asia Pacific Disaster Response Team to the disaster areas to provide on-the-ground logistics support to assist with the relief effort in the aftermath of the devastating Typhoon Haiyan. Three rotating teams made up of volunteer employees from the Asia Pacific region were based at the Mactan Cebu Airport on Cebu island ...
Color coded map of Eastern Visayas showing the number of deaths caused by Typhoon Haiyan. More than 1,000 500-999 100-499 50-99 25-49 1-24 0. Condemnations of slow government action in the relief effort in response to the typhoon mounted days after the storm had passed.
In May 2020, Sri Lanka was ranked the 9th best country in the world for its successful response in tackling the virus; however, Sri Lanka was also ranked the 16th most vulnerable country to COVID-19. [77] In May 2021, Sri Lanka started its vaccination program with the Oxford–AstraZeneca and Sinopharm BIBP vaccines and Sputnik V.
The UN launched a COVID-19 Response Plan for the Philippines, to provide "critical health interventions and multi-sectoral humanitarian assistance" to those in epidemic hotspots in its largest country response since 2013, the UN response to Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. [5]
Six hours later, the JTWC estimated Haiyan to have attained one-minute sustained winds of 315 km/h (88 m/s; 196 mph) and gusts up to 378 km/h (105 m/s; 235 mph). [19] This officially ties Haiyan with Typhoon Meranti in 2016 as the fifth-strongest tropical cyclone on record in terms of wind speed, only exceeded by Typhoon Ida (325 km/h) in 1958 ...
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka (12 P) Pages in category "COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
India, Sri Lanka: Cyclone Helen: $796 [357] $1041 10 Tropical cyclone 2013 India: Hurricane Nate: $787 [358] [359] $978 48 Tropical cyclone 2017 North and Central America (, , , others) Hurricane Flora: $773 [360] $7693 7,193 Tropical cyclone 1963 North and Central America (, , , others) 2021 South Moravia tornado: $716 [361] $805 6 Tornado ...