Four passengers test COVID-19 positive in Kandy-bound buses

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Four passengers were found COVID-19 positive when Rapid Antigen tests performed on them while travelling in passenger buses at Danovita on the Colombo-Kandy Road yesterday, Mirigama Public Health Inspector (PHI) Nishantha Somaratne said today.

He said 250 passengers were tested on Tuesday, and four of them were found COVID-19 positive.

They are residents of Dodangaslanda, Giriulla, Beruwala and Nelundeniya.

The buses in which the infected had travelled were disinfected and the infected were taken to hospital.(Pushpakumara Mallawaarachchi)

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Busser Wednesday, 23 December 2020 05:40 PM

What happened to the others? Bus is also quarantined?

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