UPDATE: 58 More to Leave for Their Homes after Quarantine Process

A total of 58 individuals upon completion of quarantine process at tri service-managed ITI - Gannoruwa (41), Agriculture Holiday Bungalow - Gannoruwa (01), Nations Building - Kundasale (01), Cooperation Centre - Pallekele (01) and Nipuna Bossa (14) Quarantine Centres are ready to leave for their native places after conduct of PCR tests today (01) with Quarantine Certificates, stated Military Spokesman Brigadier Chandana Wickremasinghe this morning (1) on behalf of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

By today (01), a total of 11,488 quarantined individuals from tri service-managed QC have left for their homes.

As of now, 5,108 persons are still in quarantine in 44 island-wide QCs, run by tri services. By today (01), heroic sailors of the Navy confirmed positive to the COVID-19 virus stands at 754 in total. In the past 24 hours, 04 more sailors were confirmed positive to COVID-19 infection. Of them, 403 after full recovery and PCR tests were discharged from hospitals. A group of 348 infected sailors are still under treatment in hospitals as of now, the statement ended.

Source: www.army.lk