A Prison Inmate Transferred To Welikada Prison From Kandakadu Drug Rehabilitation Center Tested Positive For Corona Virus

A Prison inmate  who was rehabilitated

at Drug Rehabilitation Center in Kandakadu ,Welikanda had tested positive for Corona virus today  (07)after returning to Welikada Prison it has been reported .

The prison inmate was transferred to IDH Hospital .With the new Corona positive the total number of Corona positives identified  in the country had risen to 2078 .Yesterday (06)only one Corona positive had been tested positive for Corona virus and the person was an arrival of Maldives

Due to this incident health officials had taken steps to quarantine 605 persons at Drug Rehabilitation Center in Kandakadu  (474-currently rehabilitating and -131 staff members ) as well as staff of the Polonnaruwa prison who were transported the inmate to Welikada Prison.

These persons are being quarantined at their working places it has been revealed.

All these persons and inmates of Welikada Prison are being performed on "PCR "tests to check their corona status 

Another 14 Corona Positives Discharged From Hospitals Yesterday (06)

Another  14 Corona positives had been

discharged from Government hospitals  yeterday (06)after full recovery according to Epidemeology unit.

Accordingly the total number of Corona positives discharged in the country so far after full recovery had risen to 1917.

At the moment 149 Corona positives are being treated in Government Hospitals. 

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Duty Free Shopping Complex At Katunayake Airport To Be Opened From Tomorrow (06)For A Certain Number Of Air Passangers

The Duty Free Shopping Complex at

Katunayake International Airport which has been closed since last March is scheduled to be re -opened tomorrow (06) for the air Passangers arrived in Sri Lanka during last couple of months according to Airport authorities .

Accordingly the Duty free shopping complex will be opened from tomorrow between  8.30 p.m to 3.30 p.m daily for the benefit of foreign arrivals from 09 th of March to 31st of May Authorities have stated .

Those who are coming to purchase goods from the shopping complex needs to book a date and time for it and need to produce the certificate award after completing quarantine in quarantine Centers and the Cerficatte issued by Public health Inspectors after self isolating it has been revealed .

Also the relevant person should bring the passport along with national identity card and the purchasing of  goods can be done through dollars and credit cards .

Two Corona Positives Had Been Reported Today (05)

Two Corona positives had been

reported today (05) so far ,increasing the total number of Corona positives reported in the country  to 2076 according to the Epidemeology Unit .

Accordingly the two Corona positives reported today were Sri Lankan arrivals from Bahrain.