10 STF personnel positive for Covid-19 Three STF camps isolated

• It is suspected that they contracted the virus at the Peliyagoda Fish Market as they went there to get fish for the camps

By Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya 

Three camps of the Police Special Task Force (STF) have been isolated after a group of STF personnel attached to the VIP Security Unit have been contracted with Covid-19, STF Commandant DIG Waruna Jayasundara said yesterday.  

Accordingly, STF camps in Kelaniya, Rajagiriya and Kalubowila have been isolated. 

 
It was reported that at least ten personnel were positive for the virus.  

It is suspected that they contracted the virus at the Peliyagoda Fish Market as they went there to get fish for the camps.   

All personnel at the camps have been subjected to PCR tests.

• All personnel at the camps have been subjected to PCR tests