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Monday, August 3, 2020

Transporting Of Ballot Boxea To Polling Stations Will Begin Tomorrow (04) Morning

Transporting of Ballot boxes to the

polling stations will begin at 8 a.m tomorrow (04) morning according to the National Election Commission .

Issuing of Ballot boxes to transport to Polling Centers will be done at 71 premises the Commission has stated .

Meanwhile all polling stations set up for the forthcoming General Election are being disinfected both today (03) and tomorrow (04)according to the Commission .

Those In Quarantine Centers Are Not Eligible To Vote In General Election

All those who are in Quarantine

Centers including the Sri Lankans brought back from foreign countries due to Corona pandamic and those close contacts of Corona positives who are in house quarantine ,are not eligible to cast their vote during Wednesday 's (05)General Election according to the chairman of National Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya.

However those Corona positives who had been discharged from hospitals after full recovery and currently in self quarantine are eligible to vote in this election and they are able to caSt their vote after other voters cast their votes from 4 to 5 p.m in the evening he has stated. These cured corona positives who are under self quarantine can come to the polling station with their own vehicle and for them a separate polling room is being established in polling stations to cast vote Election Commission Chairman has said .

A health official will be appointed as an Assistant Election Officer to monitor when these self quarantine voters are casting their votes he has further said.

As all polling Centers ara being disinfected people can come to policing stations to cast their vote by wearing masks without fear he has further added .

Five Corona Positives Reported Today (03)

A total of 05 Corona positives had been
reported in the country today (03) until 11.45 p.m ,increasing the total num

ber of Corona positives reported so far to 2828 according to Epidemeology Unit .

Accordingly 04 arrivals from Saudi Arabia and a 05 year old daughter of the Corona positive civil Defense force personal identified from Lankapura Divisional secretariet in Polonnaruwa District had tested positive for Corona virus today .

At the moment 300 Corona positives are being treated at Government Hospitals it has been reported.

Meanwhile the corona positive identified from Lankapura today also belonging to the extended Kandakadu Corona cluster which now got 601 Corona positives. Out of the 601 Corona positives of the Kandakadu Corona cluster 482 are rehabilitated Prison inmates .

Out of the "PCR "tests conducted for 1200 close contacts of Lankapura corona positives 942 had tested negative for corona virus so far it has been revealed.