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Saturday, April 25, 2020

Four Navy Soldiers And Their Families Are Under Self Quarantine

Health authorities had put four Navy

soldiers attached to Welisara Naval base and returned home at Galaha MOH area in Kandy on leave ,and their family members under self quarantime as the four soldiers are being suspected as infected with corona virus .

Even the Sub post office at Nawanaliya where the wife of one of the soldiers working in had been temporarily closed down it has been reported .

The four suspected Navy soldiers are due to be faced the PCR test tomorrow (26)to check whethet they are infected with the virus .

Worldwide Corona virus Death Tolll Exceeds 200,000

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GOLDEN MELODIES

Residents Of Five Houses In Godakawela to.be Qurantined

Residents in Five houses at Rideevita

area in Godakawela put under quarantine today (25)after a Navy soldier attached to Welisara Naval base had been tested positive for corona virus today during a PCR Test carried out on him at Ratnapura Teaching Hospital .

Residents of five houses are being quarentined as it has been revealed that the Navy soldier who was tested positive for corona virus had contacted with those residents as he is on leave .

Meanwhile another Navy soldier residing in Thalduwa ,Awissaawella had been also tested positive for corona virus during a PCR Test perform on him at Ratnapura Teaching Hospital today .He is also attached to Welisara Naval base and is currently on leave it has been revealed .

Government Has Decided to Lift The Island Wide Curfew Currently Imposed In 22 Districts Except 04 Districts On Next Monday (27)- State And Peivate Sectors To Re Commence Work From 04 Th Of May With Limited Number Of Employees

Government has today (25)announced

that the island wide curfew imposed at present will be lifted on next Monday (27) at 5 a.m execept Colombo ,Gampaha ,Kalutara and Puttalam districts which continues until 5 a.m on Monday 04 th of May .

The Curfew that will be lifted on coming Monday in 22 districts will be re imposed daily at 8 p.m until 5 a.m next morning .

Government has also decided to re open the activities of State and Private intitutions even amidst curfew on Monday the 04 th of May as a step of boosting the local economy and recomennds 10 a.m as the time for commencing of work in private sector institutions .However Government strongly recommends the state sector to call only one third of their employees to daily work even the institution provides an essential services and request other employees to work from home .

Government has recommemded the heads of privare sector instiutes to plan how they will re commence work in.their institutions from
04 th of May ,during next week .

Government also requests the public to only visit the nearest shop by walking to buy essential goods and stay at home as much as possible to prevent the spread of Corona virus .

All shops including retail amd wholsale will be allowed to re open their activities from 04 th may whilst adapting the good health practices introduced to prevent the spreading of corona virus .

Thirty Two Corona Virus Positives Had Been Reported In The Country Today (25)-52 Yesterday (24)

Thirty two Corona virus positives had

been reported in the country during todsy (25)upto 11 p.m increasing the total number of Corona virus positives reported in the country to 452 according to the Epidemeology Unit .

During yesterday (24)52 corona virus positives had been reported in the country mostly a group of Navy pesonal attached to Welisara Naval base who had been involved in searching persons contacted the corona virus positives and the residents of Keselwatte area .

At the moment 327 Corona virus positives are being treated at 05 Government hospitals including Infectious Diseases Hospital in Angoda .

Up to now 09 corona virus positives had been discharged from Government hospitals during today the Epidemeology Unit has stated .