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.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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