The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned that the justice system faces imminent collapse unless a reform drive goes through now as a broad meeting of stakeholders was held at the presidential palace to discuss legislation pending before parliament on the reforms.

Six per cent of hospitalised coronavirus patients have received the booster shot and contracted the virus two weeks or more after its administration, the health ministry said on Tuesday.

According to the ministry’s data, which record hospitalisations up to Monday, those patients are over the age of 62.

The met office has issued a yellow alert for Tuesday afternoon and evening warning of heavy rain and very strong winds.

The alert is in force from 1.00 pm to 9.00 pm. “A combination of rain and possibly isolated heavy thunderstorms is expected to affect temporarily the area,” the met office said.

Tonight, Monday the weather will be gradually partly cloudy with possible isolated showers mainly in the western and northern parts of the island. The temperature will drop to 2 C inland, around 5 C in the southern and eastern coastal areas, around 7 C in the western and northern coasts and -4 C in the mountains where frost is expected.