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Sunday, May 24, 2020

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More Thsn 16,600 Office Commuters Had Been Registered To Travel.From Train Tomorrow (26)-Railways Department Says

More than 16,600 office commuters

attached to state and Private sectors are being registered at the Sri Lanka Railways Department to travel to work from train this Tuesday (26)according to Railways Department .

The Priority will be given to those who have been registered at the Railways deparrment to travel this tuesday whilst giving a chance to others who want to purchase tickets to travel to work the Department has stressed.

Railways Department has planned to operate 29 Trains this Tuesday (Tomorrow)to accomadate the office commuters it has been announced .All the commuters will be provided seats according to the quarantine health rules the Department has stated .

Meanwhile Inter provincial public and Private Bus service is scheduled to be operated by covering All districts except Colombo amd Gampaha from 4.30 a.m tomorrow morning until 6 p.m in the evening .Howeever passangers will be allowed to travel on number of seats availble whilst practicing quarantine health rules including wearing masks and keeping social distancing it has been announced .

A Special Sri Lankan Airlines Flight Carrying 181 Sri Lankans Stranded In Moscow Landed At Katunayake Airport This Morning (25)

A Special Sri Lankan Airlines flight

carrying 181 Sri lankans stranded in Russia's capital Moscow due to the Corona pandamic, Had landed at Katunayake International Airport this morning (25) it has been reported .

The Sri lankan passangers arrived from the flight were disinfected with their luggage before entering the terminal building and afterwards the health office at the Airport had checked their temperstures to see whether they are showing Corona virus symptoms before transporting them to quarantine centers through special Army Buses.

This was the second batch of Sri lankans stranded in Moscow brough back by the Sri lankan Airlines .Last friday a special flight had brought back 281 Sri lankans stranded in Moscow .

Fourteen Corona Virus Positives Had Been Discharged From Hospitals Today (24)

Fourteen Corona virus positives had

been discharged from hospitals today (24)after fully recovered according to the Epidemeilogy Unit .

Accordingly 674 Corona Virus positives had been discharged from Hospitals so far .

Updated -51 Corona Virus Positives Mainly Those Who Had Arrived From Kuwait, Had Been Identified Today (24)

Fifty one (51) new Corona virus

positives had been identified today(24)until 9.45 p.m ,Increasing the total number of Corona virus positives reported from the country to to 1140 according to Epidemeology Unit.

Accordingly fourty nine (49) corona positives out of the fifty one positives identified today were Sri lankans brought bck to the country recently from Kuwait and currently under quarantine at Quarantine centers in Trincomalee and Minneriya it has been revealed .One positive was a Navy personal and other positive was a returnee from Indonesia who is currently under quarantine at the quarantine center in Pelwehera area.

At the moment 457 Corona positives are being treated in Government hospitals .