Gayantha Karunatilake tests negative to Covid-19

11 January 2021 11:13 am

Parliamentarian Gayantha Karunatilake, who was  identified as a close contact of MP Rauff Hakeem, has tested negative to Covid-19, Parliament sources said.

Serjeant-at-Arms Narendra Fernando said MP Karunatilake has volunteered to be subjected to a PCR test along with his family and it has been confirmed that the MP and his family have not contracted the virus.

He was among those identified as close contacts of MP Hakeem when he appeared in Parliament on January 5, 2021.