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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

A Special.Grade Nursing Officer In Paying Ward Of The Colombo Natiomal Hospital Tested Positive For Corona Virus

A Special Grade Nursing officer

attached to a paying ward in Colombo National Hospital had tested positive for Corona virus yesterday (03)according to Hospital sources .

The female nurse the first nurse in Sri lanka who had tested positive for Corona virus had been transferred to Infectious Diseases Hospital in Angoda for further treatment .

The way that the nurse had caught
The vitus has not yet been revealed.

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138 Persons Who Had Close Contacts With Few Corona Positives

Army personal had sent 138 persons

who had close contacts with the Corona positives identified today (05)to the quarantine centers for quarantine it has been reported .

Accordingly a group.
of persons residing in Bandaranayakapura in.Rajagiriya ,Salamulla in Kolonnawa and Kolambissa area in Kandy had bern sent for qurantine .

By this evening 4883 Persons are being umdergoing quarantine at 39 Quarantine centers supervised by Sri lanka Army it has been revealed .

20 Corona Positives Reported Today (05)-09 Recovered -01 Died

20 corona virus positives had been

reported in the island during today (05)until 11.30 p.m according to Epidemeology Unit .With these positives the total number of Corona positives reported in the country had risen to 771.

At the moment 549 Corona positives are being treated at Government hospitals it has been reported .

During today 19 Corona positives had discharged from Hospitals after fully recovered increasing the total number of Corona positives discharged from hospitals to 213.

There was one Corona Death reported today

Health Authorities Isolated the Block Of Flat Where The 09 th Corona Victim Lived

Health Authorities had taken steps to

isolate the "A " block of the Flat scheme in Modara ,Mattakkuliya area (Colombo -15) where the 09 th Corona virus victim who has died today (05)lived it has been reported .

Authorities have also sent 15 members in the area who had contacted the victim .

The 52 year old deceased has been reported as shown the corona virus symotoms since a month But had stayed at her house without informing it to the authorities .

However as she had a heart pain two days back she was admitted to Colombo National Hospital and there she had tested positive for corona virus through the "PCR "test .As her condition got worst she had been admitted to the intensive care unit of the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Angoda where she has died today.