(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – A staff member of the Lankapura Divisional Secretariat has become the latest patient to be detected with COVID-19 in Sri Lanka.
Director-General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said the patient was detected following PCR or COVID-19 tests conducted by the Secretariat.
The individual is said to have associated with a patient detected with COVID-19 at the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Centre.
Dr. Jasinghe added that measures have been taken to trace those who had come into direct contact with the patient who has been placed in quarantine.