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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed members of the special task force set up to monitor and discuss preventive measures against Covid – 19 virus in Sri Lanka to formulate a scientific mechanism to prevent the disease entering the country.

Sri Lanka is one of the countries in the region which has so far been successful in the battle against this global health threat due to diligent steps taken by the government and medical experts in the country, President said at a meeting convened at the Presidential Secretariat today (6) to discuss future measures to continue this positive atmosphere.

Covid – 19 rapidly spreading across the globe and the situation is severe in countries such as Iran, South Korea and Italy. The task force members recommended quarantining those who arrive in Sri Lanka from these countries. This will help to prevent the spread of the disease, they pointed out.

At present patients who are suspected to carry the disease are successfully quarantined in many hospitals throughout the island. Not a single Sri Lankan infected with Covid-19 has been found within the country so far. 

President Rajapaksa said that it was the duty of the people arriving from foreign countries to act in a socially responsible manner if they had any symptoms of this disease without hiding themselves.

The President also emphasized the need of continuous promotion through the media of the health practices that should be observed to prevent the spread of the disease. If necessary, President advised the officials to provide necessary facilities, resource personnel and equipment to the quarantine process in the future.

Governor of the Western Province Dr. Seetha Arambepola, Secretary to the President Dr. P.B. Jayasundara, Secretary to the Ministry of Health, Bhadrani Jayawardena, Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe and members of the task force were also present at this meeting.

 


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  • Mano Saturday, 07 March 2020 01:27 AM

    Mr President, I am a British Sri Lankan Jaffna Tamil. It is not the experts in Sri Lanka who have prevented this virus reaching Sri Lanka, simply it is pure luck on the side of Sri Lanka that has so far held back the virus. Countries which are many fold advanced than Sri Lanka are being infected by this virus and in Britain it has just begun,unprecedented measures are going to be implemented in London and in all the major cities. The survival of humanity now depends on the Scientists who were ignored for so long in preference to artificially titled doctors.


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