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Several rounds of discussions are presently underway as to when the indefinite curfew will be relaxed in Colombo and Gampaha, and health authorities are likely to suggest that curfew would continue till such time that all COVID-19 clusters are deactivated, the Daily Mirror learns.
A senior government official told Daily Mirror that Colombo and Gampaha districts are likely to remain under curfew till all the clusters are deactivated and the patient count reaches zero.
"We can only open up Colombo and the ports of entry completely after the patient count remains zero for 14 days. Till then we cannot say the risk from the virus had been eliminated," the senior official said.
According to health authorities, the Welisara navy camp is the only active cluster remaining in Sri Lanka, and it has also transformed into the largest with sailors tested positive daily.
However, a senior naval officer said that even within the naval cluster, things were under control and out of over 500 patients detected to date, over 200 had recovered and been released.
Contact tracing within that cluster was ongoing and daily. Those who had been identified as having associated with the patients were being asked to undergo quarantine process immediately. The spread now remains confined within this cluster alone, while some patients have been tested positive after returning from overseas, while being at the quarantine centres.
A public spread has currently not been recorded.
All naval officers who had tested positive were being treated at the Welisara Navy Hospital, while all other patients were treated at the IDH, Welikanda Base Hospital, Colombo East Base Hospital, Iranawila Hospital, Kattankudi Base Hospital, Homagama Base Hospital and Minuwangoda Base Hospital.(JAMILA HUSAIN)
Helga Perera Thursday, 21 May 2020 11:19 AM
Why do we have to suffer? Give us our normal life back and keep the navy people separated.
BigEars Thursday, 21 May 2020 11:22 AM
A very good conclusion by the health authorities. The elections too need to held after the count drops to zero for two weeks.
sarakarthi Thursday, 21 May 2020 11:23 AM
If election can be held in June our health autorities will help the govt. to ĺift curfew immediately enabling to hold a corana fearlesselection.
Sunil de Silva Thursday, 21 May 2020 07:07 PM
It seems that Welisara Naval Camp is undergoing natural immunization process.
Lanka Shantha Thursday, 21 May 2020 07:53 PM
Operation Success but patient died. Corona defeated, Sri Lanka Economy Collapsed.
Rex Jarkie Friday, 22 May 2020 05:33 AM
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE NAVY INFECTION ( WELISARA CAMP ) NO PROPER PPE THAT REASON WHO WHO IS RESPONSIBLE ?????????????????????????????
Curfew Victim Friday, 22 May 2020 09:15 AM
The risk is from the thousands of the SriLankans who are overseas trying to come back to Sri Lanka who may bring the disease with them?
N. Jayadeva Saturday, 23 May 2020 09:17 AM
Only the politicians lied to the public previously. Now all concerned tell us conflicting stories.All that we know is we are being held captive for no plausible reason.
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