The University of Sri Jayewardenepura is one of the leading laboratories in Sri Lanka, which is carrying out diagnostics for COVID-19. Currently several strains of the SARS-CoV2 virus are circulating in the world and some strains are thought to be more virulent than others. As infected patients came to Sri Lanka from all over the world, the team of scientists at the Centre for Dengue Research at the Allergy, Immunology...Read More
The community project of “Helping Hands” which was organized by the Taekwondo team of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in collaboration with Colombo District Taekwondo Association was successfully conducted on 12th , 17th & 18th April 2020. Considering the prevailing situation across the country due to the “COVID -19” which has been declared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization, the members of the Taekwondo team came up...Read More
Yashodha Lakshana, a Student of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Sri Jayewardenepura has developed the app “Quarantine Care” to facilitate the self quarantine process. The idea was developed as a part of an undergoing project by Dr. Chamitha de Alwis, Head of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the University and Prof. Madhusanka Liyanage in University College Dublin. Main features of the app include, • Confirming whether...Read More
Professor Neelika Malavige joined The International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)’s Executive Committee on March 10, 2020. Prof. Neelika is the Director of the Centre for Dengue Research at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura since 2012 and she has published extensively on dengue, for which she has won many awards. ISID’s Executive Committee members are responsible for appointing the Executive Director and overseeing all of ISID’s activities. Executive Committee members...Read More
The portable single man operational COVID 19 sample collection chamber was invented by Dr. Sajith Edirisinghe, Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The currently available sample collection chambers need a minimum of two health care workers to operate and most are not portable. Using this new unit, a single health care worker can easily take the sample, disinfect the anterior side of the chamber,...Read More
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