30 sailors at Welisara Navy Base test positive for COVID-19

News

A total of 30 navy personnel at the Welisara naval base have tested positive for COVID-19, Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva confirmed a short while ago.

Lt. Gen. Silva, who is Head of the National Operation Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 explained that tests were conducted on navy personnel who shared the same quarters with the sailor who was diagnosed with COVID-19 yesterday (23) after being admitted to the Welikanda hospital in Polonnaruwa. The sailor had been attached to the Welisara Navy Base and had fallen ill after going home on leave.

Twenty-nine sailors more sailors at the camp have tested positive based on these test results.

Lt. Gen. Silva said some sailors who had tested positive had been deployed to track down and detain a group of persons in Suduwella, Js Ela, who had been evading quarantine.

With the number of COVID-19 patients confirmed today, total cases now stand at 368.

Comments

Still No Comments Posted.

Leave Comments

Most Reviews

June 2, 2025

- 474 - 0

National Tax week launched

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) backed by the Excise and Customs Department today launched a fresh drive to collect taxes including some Rs.780 billion listed as ‘collectable defaults’.

June 2, 2025

- 377 - 0

SriLankan Airlines’ new A330 Fleet to perform low fly past over Colombo on Wed.

June 3, 2025

- 220 - 0

Krishanthi Kumaraswami convicts FR dismissed by SC

The Supreme Court today unanimously dismissed a Fundamental Rights petition filed by five convicts in the 1996 Krishanthi Kumaraswamy abduction, rape, and murder case.

June 6, 2025

- 218 - 0

SriLankan flight grounded in Indonesia

A SriLankan airlines flight has been grounded in an airport in Indonesia due to a technical defect leaving 93 passengers stranded, an official said.

June 5, 2025

- 179 - 0

Alert Moratuwa resident averts railway derailment

The actions of a resident in Egoda Uyana, Moratuwa helped to avoid a possible railway accident involving an office train on the southern coastal line today, the Railway Department said.

June 5, 2025

- 176 - 0

Former Sri Lanka spinner Sachithra Senanayake indicted

Former international spinner Sachithra Senanayake is set to become the first Sri Lankan cricketer indicted under the country’s Prevention of Offences Relating to Sports Act (Act No. 24 of 2019).