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13 districts affected by COVID-19, high possibility of spreading into other districts: Dr Samaraweera

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With the outbreak of the Minuwangoda Brandix COVID-19 cluster that has already spread into 13 districts, there is a high possibility of the virus spreading into the remaining districts as well, Chief Epidemiologist Dr Sudath Samaraweera said.

He said COVID-19 patients had been reported from Kurunegala, Puttalam, Kegalle, Kandy, Galle, Hambantota, Jaffna, Vavuunia, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Badulla, Monaragala and especially Gampaha.

He said following the detection of the 49 COVID-19 patients including fish vendors from the Peliyagoda Fish Market, there is another possibility of spreading the virus around the country through fish sellers.

"The fish harvest received at the Peliyagoda Fish Market had been distributed around the country. There might be persons who contracted the virus from fish vendors and transporting fish across the country," Dr. Samaraweera said.

Therefore, Dr. Samaraweera requested the vendors who brought fish from the Peliyagoda Fish Market to be alerted about the symptoms.

The Epidemiology Unit has taken steps to conduct PCR tests in all districts to trace contacts of COVID-19 patients.

"More than 425,000 PCR tests had been done in the country and samples had been collected to conduct more than 8,000 PCR tests yesterday," he said. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)

 


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  • Mm Thursday, 22 October 2020 12:02 PM

    Oh really? Only now you think so??? At least now will it be called community spread ? Or is it still clusters for you lot?

    Covid Thursday, 22 October 2020 12:03 PM

    If it was mentioned as community spread people would have been much more vigilant

    joshua Thursday, 22 October 2020 12:34 PM

    yes, few more districts to call it community spread ?

    Roisin Thursday, 22 October 2020 12:40 PM

    Finally, reliable information from an epidemiologist. Thank God for that.

    Noor Thursday, 22 October 2020 04:23 PM

    Please wait for few days until the remaining district are spreaded.. Then come to a conclusion as community spread...

    Michael Ranasinghe Thursday, 22 October 2020 06:04 PM

    Really ? But the health minister keeps repeating that it is only a " Pokura" Prof. Shavendra Silva also says it's a " Pokura" .. whose word do we take ?

    aravinda lakshitha wickramasinghe Thursday, 22 October 2020 08:06 PM

    i think it's better to adhere to the safety protocols against the spread of this virus individually....there's no point in arguing for correct epidemilogical definitions....commen sense people....

    gry Friday, 23 October 2020 12:17 AM

    Stop all these nonsense fake drama and let the people lead a normal life.

    Prof Lasantha Pethiyagoda Friday, 23 October 2020 07:12 AM

    Politicians will always speak in their defense or justify their incompetence or criminality. They will never care about truth or the welfare of people. Never trust their word. Always look after yourselves against them. They're worse than any virus...


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