1 February 2021 12:00 am
By Sithum Chaturanga
Sixteen police officers attached to the Vavuniya Police Division have been infected with COVID-19, the Regional Medical Officer of Health (MOH) said.
They are attached to the Vavuniya Terrorism Investigation Unit, the Police Special Bureau and officers who were deployed at the Vavuniya HQI’s COVID-19 prevention operations.
They have been identified as infected with the virus after PCR tests following the discovery of 17 infected suspects at at the Vavuniya Terrorism Investigations Unit and four policemen.
Altogether, 35 officers who are the first contacts of the infected were sent to the Omanthai Quarantine Centre.