The Welisara Navy Base has been declared as an isolated area after 30 sailors at the base tested positive for COVID-19.
One sailor who had fallen ill after going on leave and admitted to the Welikanda hospital in Polonnaruwa tested positive yesterday while 29 others at the camp who shared quarters with him tested positive today after being subjected to PCR tests.
Army Commander Lt. Gen Shavendra Silva, who is Head of the National Operation Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19, further explained that steps have been taken to inform sailors serving at the base who had gone on leave to immediately report back to undergo PCR tests.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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