Another 07 Corona Virus Positives Identified Today (19)

Another 07 Corona Virus infected

persons had been identified today (19) escalating the total number of Corona virus positives identified in Sri Lanka to 59  according to the Director General Of Health Services Dr.Anil Jasinghe .

Among those tested positive for Corona virus today are the wife and daughter of the Gem Businessman at Mundama ,Ratnapura who had been contacted  the disease after visiting Germany Dr.Jasinghe has stressed .

The Gem Businessman who had stayed in his house at Mount Lavinia in hiding for several days after finking  he is a coroma virus positive through a PCR test conducted in a private hospital, Later admitted to Infectious Diseases  Hospital (IDH) at Angoda with Corona Virus infection symptoms .Earlier he had refused to surrender to the Health Authorities to undergo a 14 day quarantine process .His friend who had accompanied him to Germany had also tested positive for Corona virus earlier .

Around 81 percent who has been tested positive for Corona virus in Sri Lanka are males and 19 percent are females Dr.Jasinghe has stated during a press briefing held at National Action Center For preventing Spreading of Covid -19 (Corona Virus ) at Rajagiriya .

Meanwhile around 243 Corona Virus suspected patients  are being treated at 15 Government Hospitals including IDH Hospital by this noon according to Epidemeology Unit .