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Lanka keeps close tab on coronavirus
View(s):The health authorities are monitoring the global and regional situation regularly with regard to the new coronavirus and are strengthening the measures in place in Sri Lanka to keep it at bay.
“We are watching the situation closely while also reviewing the steps we have taken within Sri Lanka,” Health Services Director-General Dr. Anil Jasinghe told the Sunday Times last evening.
A review meeting is scheduled for tomorrow (Monday).
He said that working closely with the Airports and Aviation Authority, the Health Ministry was hoping to introduce a colour-coded Health Declaration Form at the Bandaranaike International Airport. The form has been fine-tuned so that officials will find it easier to sort out even when a large number of passengers walk through.
At present, there are eight suspected cases under observation in the 12 designated hospitals, while the Chinese woman tourist who was diagnosed with the new coronavirus on January 27 has recovered and is awaiting departure to China.