1561 Persons had been arrested during yesterday (16) over violating quarantine laws according to Police Media Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana .This is the highest number of arrests made so far on a single day over violating quarantine laws DIG Rohana has stated .
Accordingly majority of these arrests which was 228 were made in Kuliyapitiya area and 165 were in Kandy district DIG Rohana has stated .
Police had sent back 105 persons who had attempted to cross from one province to another violating quarantine laws it had been reported .