The curfew in three police areas in the Gampaha district is continuing as authorities continued to trace those who may have come into contact with the garment factory employee infected with Coronavirus.
As many as 7,000 persons including persons from the garment factory, those who had associated with the family of the garment factory employee and their families have been put on a 14-day quarantine. Among those put on quarantine are 400 garment factory employees.
The curfew is effective in the Minuwangoda, Divulapitiya and Weyangoda areas.
At least 10 persons who violated the curfew were arrested overnight.
Army Commander Shavendra Silva who is also the Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak called for the strict enforcement of precautions to prevent spread of Coronavirus after the detection of a COVID-19 patient from the society after nearly five months.
The funeral of arguably the Queen of the Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka, will be held with state honours on Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Independence Square.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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