Thursday, July 9, 2020

253 Persons Attached To Drug Rehabilitation Center in Kandakadu Had Tested Positive For Corona Virus -The Center Converted Into A Make-Shift Hospital To Treat The Positives

A total of 253  persons ncluding a
female instructor had been tested positive for Corona virus both yesterday(09)and  today (10)at the Kandakadu Drug Rehabilitation Center  in Polonnaruwa where the  corona positive Welikada Prison inmate had  been rehabilitated according to the Director General Of Health Services Dr.Anil Jasinghe.

Out of these  Corona positives 250 are  among 605 Persons at the Drug Rehabilitation Center who are currently being quarantined .The 27 yeat old female instructor  was identified as a Corona positive at her house in Marawila ,Chilaw area.

All  the 253 Corona positives identified both yestrrday(57) and today (196)are being treated at the Drug Rehabilitation Center as it has been  converted to a make-shift Hospital  from today  it has been revealed .

Meanwhile the female instructor attached to Kandakadu Drug Rehabilitation Center who was tested positive for Corona virus yesterday, got leave and went to her house in Marawila in a Cab belonging to the Center and three buses according to the authorities. However the instructor had worn a face mask during her journey.

When she had reached her  home she had been suffering from Corona symptoms like high fever and cough and she had taken medicine for the illness from a private dispensary near her house  it has been revealed .

This Corona cluster at the Kandakadu Drug Rehabilitation Center had been created due to the Welikada Prison inmate who had tested positive for the Corona Virus few  days back after being rehabilitated at the center over drug addiction  since March.


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