30 per cent of Colombo’s high-risk areas test COVID positive

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At least 30 people out of 100 people who are randomly tested in high-risk areas within the Colombo city detected as COVID positive, forcing the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) to increase the number of PCR tests by five fold, Chief Medical Officer Dr Ruwan Wijayamuni said today.

Dr Wijayamuni told Daily Mirror that the high-risk areas were mainly the Colombo North and Borella areas.

“We have noticed that almost 30 persons out of 100, on whom PCR tests were carried out, are found to be COVID-19 positive, in the high-risk areas which are already affected.

“This situation is seen only in high-risk areas such as the Modara, Wanathamulla, Ginthupitiya areas,” Dr Wijayamuni said.

“We are compelled to increase the number of PCR tests we carry out from 200 to 1,000 per day because of this situation. We carry out tests on all first and second contacts. We also carry out tests in all parts of Colombo now,” he added.

Also, he said almost all cases are connected to clusters which already exist. (Yohan Perera)

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Eichmann Bernhard(Germany) Wednesday, 11 November 2020 02:26 PM

Colombo is already a riesieko area.

lal Wednesday, 11 November 2020 02:28 PM

Is known clusters of new cases cut and paste or paste and cut

BigEars Wednesday, 11 November 2020 03:03 PM

It is high time Sri Lanka vaccinated these high risk groups. The vaccine will be ready by end of the year as stated by CEO of Pfizer.

kari gota pavithra balli Wednesday, 11 November 2020 03:16 PM

Use 20th Amendment please

Era Wednesday, 11 November 2020 04:06 PM

Good job Doctor and CMC. Now we have some idea of the social spread.

RF Wednesday, 11 November 2020 04:15 PM

200 to 1000 ??? OMG this is what this country can do??

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