Eight New Corona Virus Positives Identified Today (18)-Total Number Of Corona Virus Positives

Eight new Corona virus positives had

been confirmed today (18)bringing the total number of Corona virus positives in the country  to 52 according  to  Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi.

Three Sri lankan tourist guides who guided a group of British tourists visited here recently  ,A person arrived from Britain and two persons arrived from India are  among those corona virus positives identified within today  .

Around 212 persons suspected as infected with Corona Virus are being treated at 16 government Hospitals including Infectious Diseases Hospital Angoda by this noon .

Meanwhile Army Commander General Shavendra De Silva had stated today that 18 out of 52 corona positives identified in the country are from quarantine Centers 

A Curfew Has been Imposed In Puttalam ,Chilaw And Kochchikade To Avoid Spreading Corona Virus

A curfew has been imposed in 11 Police divisions of Puttalam District ,07 Police divisions  of Chilaw and Kochchikade police division of Negambo with effect from 4.30 p.m this evening (18) until further notice in view of avoiding the spread of Corona Virus according to Police Department.

Accordingly curfew has been imposed in 11 Police divisions  of Puttalam District including Puttalam, Anamaduwa and Kalpitiya Police divisions ,areas in Chilaw Police Division imcluding Chilaw, Dankotuwa and Marawila and Kochchikade Police division  in Negambo .

Hundreds of thousands of persons arrived from Italy recently are being located at Puttalam District avoiding  quarantine process according to Police.
  

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A Special.Plane To Leave India To Bring Nearly 1000 Sri Lankan Buddhist Pilgrims

A special Sri Lankan Airlines Plane is

scheduled to leave for New Delhi ,India this evening (18)to bring nearly 1000 Sri Lankan Buddhist Pilgrims who are at Dambadiwa ,India the government has announced.

These pilgrims had left for Dambadiwa before implementing the  pilgrim ban according to Ministry Of Buddha Sasana,Cultural Affairs and Religious Affairs .

The Plane carrying the pilgrims Is scheduled to be arrived to Katunayake International Airport before midnight tonight.

Sri Lanka is due to suspend all International Flights arriving in Sri Lanka for a two week period with effect from midnight tonight . 

An Army Officer And A Small Child Are Among Those Tested Positive For Corona Virus

An Army officer and one year and Five

months old child among those 44 corona virus positives identified in Sri Lanka according to Health circles.

The Army officer has engaged in escorting overseas returnees including those who arrived from Italy to the quarantine Centers and believes to be contacted  the virus.

The one year and Five months old child who had tested positive for Corona had arrived from Italy with his parents .His mother also tested positive for the virus it has been revealed.Authorities have taken sputum Samples of  child's father to check whether he too got infected with the virus .

All of them are currently receiving treatment at IDH Hospital, Angoda .