17 January 2021 07:51 pm
Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa was closed for pilgrims and disinfected when 21 police officers attached to the Sri Dalada Maligawa Police Post were found COVID-19 positive.
SSP Kandy Sudath Masinghe said 153 police officers attached to the Sri Dalada Maligawa police post were subject to PCR tested when a CI and an IP had contracted COVID-19 and 21 of them were confirmed as positive.
He said 231 police officers attached to the Sri Dalada Maligawa security division were quarantined and that they were substituted by a group of officers from other areas.(Shane Seneviratne)