Department of Zoology has decided to close down the Pinnawala Zoological Garden and Pinnawala Elephant orphanage for tourists temporarily due to the current Corona pandamic threat it haa been announced today (13).
This decision has been taken accordance to the instructions given by Ministry of Wild Life.
However administration activities of the Pinnawala orphanage is scheduled to be functioned normally .
A total of 34 Community cases had been reported on last sunday including three doctors in Mawanella and Kegalle.
A total of 4844 Corona Positives had been reported so far in the country and 1514 positives are being treated in Government Hospitals at present .
Three villages belonging to Artanagalla and Meerigama Divisional Secretariets in Gampaha District are being isolated after identifying 37 Corona positives from the villages .
Accordingly villages Maligakanda, Eluwapitiya and kurikotuwa are being isolated and entering and leaving from these villages are being banned by the authorities.
Police have used road barricades to prevent outsiders from entering these villages .Among those who had tested positive for Corona virus in these villagea were four Buddhist Monks in Eluwaputiya Temple .
State Minister Dr.Fernandopulle has also informed the prison Authorities to prepare a programme to treat Corona positives inside prisons if someone is tested positive for the virud during the tests
TwIo villages in Mannar District ,"Pattitottam" and "Periyakadai" are being isolated today (11) by the Health authorities after six persons at a construction site in front of a church in Mannar had been tested positive for Corona virus .
Accordingly 40 persons attached to the construction site and some persons attached to church are being self isolated the Army Commander General Shavendra De Silva had stated .
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