Around 65 Persons Who Were In Hiding After Close Contacts With A Corona Virus Positive In Puttalam Had Been Sent For Quarantine

Around 65 persons who were in  hiding  at Al qasim city Housing scheme in puttalam and in palavi area after having  close contacts with the corona virus positive found at Al qassim City housing scheme few days ago ,had been sent to punani Quarantine center last night( 09)for quarantine  according to MOH (Medical Officer On Health) office at Puttalam .

These persons had been taken to Zahira quarantine center first and from there transported them to the punani Quarantine center from four buses escorted by Army .

The corona virus positive identified from Al qassim city housing scheme few days ago returned to the island on 16 th of March after attending religious activities in Indonesia and posdible he was infected with the virus there Health officials have revealed .

However before identifying him he has hidden the details on his foreign visit and travelled Tharapuram village in Mannar to attend a funeral and many other places .

Tharapuram Village was locked down on  last wednesday (08)as a result .