Sri Lanka Insurance join hands with Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and Litro Gas to provide personal protective equipment to government staff as work resumes

May, 11, 2020

10,000 liters of surface disinfectants, facemasks and sanitization liquid has already dispatched

The national insurer Sri Lanka Insurance, together with Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and Litro Gas donates 10,000 liters of surface disinfectants to be distributed among Municipal Councils, Provincial Councils and Town Councils and necessary government entities as a precautionary measure to mitigate the risk of spreading Covid 19.

The surface disinfectants were handed over on 8th May 2020 with the participation, of Hon Ministers and the senior management of Sri Lanka Insurance.

Further Sri Lanka Insurance donates sanitizer and face masks for 10,400 Economic Development Officers who are in the frontline providing services to general public.

As a strong stakeholder of the government initiatives of combating Covid 19, Sri Lanka Insurance has taken manifold initiatives in supporting the government efforts and the donations were made understanding the significance of following proper hygienic practices to ensure safety and wellbeing of state sector employees and the general public.

Among the many initiatives taken to counter Covid 19 are, donation of 10,000 number of 200 ml sanitizer bottles to the Special Task Force who carry out necessary pandemic control measures, Rs.50 lack donation to the Covid - 19 Health and Social Security Fund and the Viru Abhiman - the Rs. 15 lack worth free life cover granted to the state sector employees who are in the frontline battling Covid 19 pandemic.

As the national insurer to the nation Sri Lanka Insurance’s has taken the lead to fulfill the duty towards the nation by safeguarding the general public and state sector employees who have come forth to protect the country from the COVID 19 pandemic and to assist the national program of the Sri Lankan Government.