16 February 2021 09:54 am
Two patients infected with the new strain of COVID-19 were reported from the Meerigama area yesterday, area Medical Officer of Health said.
Area Public Health Inspector Nishantha Somaratne said the patients were identified after the PCR tests at the Wathupitiwala Base Hospital.
The two patients are from Pasyala and Pallewela areas and it has not yet clear as to how they contracted the new strain of virus.(Pushpakumara Mallawaarachchiil)