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22nd April 2020 08:54:29 Hours
Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID -19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army in a video clip released to the Media this evening (21 ) had this to say:
22nd April 2020 08:48:06 Hours
149 more individuals from the Army maintained Punani (146) and Navy maintained Boossa (3) Quarantine Centres after completion of the three-week-long quarantine process, medical procedures and receipt of their Quarantine Certificates left for their homes today (21) using the transport facilities provided by the Army.
21st April 2020 08:43:12 Hours
Monday (20) morning saw 49 more individuals from the Punani Quarantine Centre (QC) after completion of the three-week-long quarantine process, medical procedures and receipt of their Quarantine Certificates left for their homes with the help of transport facilities provided by the Army.
20th April 2020 08:08:01 Hours
63 more individuals from the Punani, Quarantine Centre (QC) in keeping with the practice left for their homes this morning (19) after completion of the three-week-long quarantine process, medical procedures and receipt of their Quarantine Certificates.
18th April 2020 09:05:54 Hours
18th April 2020 08:54:48 Hours
Popular ‘ITN, Swarnavahini, Hiru and Derana’ TV commentators after communicating Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army and Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), on Friday (17) interviewed him on the status quo as regards the ongoing isolation process for villages, community responsibilities, quarantine tasks, detection of positive victims in Quarantine Centres, conduct of PRC tests and diagnosing work, and prognosis for coming weeks, etc. NOCPCO Head explained how positive developments are taking place and what else is left to be done in the coming days. Here are video footage of those TV interactions:
17th April 2020 08:27:28 Hours
Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID -19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) in a video clip released to the Media this evening (16) had this to say:
17th April 2020 08:20:40 Hours
Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army & Head of the National Operational Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) in a wide ranging interview with Mr Santosh Kumar, Special Correspondent for All India Radio & Doordarshan news on Wednesday (15) at the Army Headquarters summarized the roles, being fulfilled by the armed forces for the arrest of COVID-19 transmission in Sri Lanka.
17th April 2020 08:17:31 Hours
Towards the end of the three-week-long quarantine process, 20 more individuals from the Panichchankerni, Quarantine Centre (QC) left for their homes this morning (16) after completion of medical procedures and receipt of their Quarantine Certificates.
16th April 2020 06:48:51 Hours
Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) in a video clip released to the Media this evening (15) had this to say:
