- The Special Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus Ul -1422 which left for Corona virus hit Wuhan City in china to bring back stranded Sri Lankan students and their relatives ,had landed in Mattala International Airport at Hambanthota (Southern Province) around 7.40 a.m this morning (01) according to sources .
All Sri lankan students and their relatives in the plane are scheduled to be transported to The special quarantine center with separate rooms specially built at Diyathalawa Army Base by a special bus for quarantine period of 14 days .
They will be closely monitored by the doctors for 14 days to see wherher they are infected with Corona Virus. The incubation period of the Corona virus is 2-14 days according to doctors.
Meanwhile many sections had criticized the way authorities have sent the other Sri Lankan students returned from China due to the Corona virus epidemic, to their homes. They too should be quarantined for 14 days to check whether they are infected with the virus and send home afterwards if they do not infected with the virus those sections have said .
Sri Lankan government had held talks with Chinese authorities soon after the closure of Wuhan city due to the corona virus epidemic ,to bring back the students there to the country .As a result China had allowed Sri Lanka to evacuate the stranded Sri Lankan students from the city .
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