6,626 people are still in quarantine in SL

43,849 individuals have been sent back home after completing the mandatory quarantine period.

by Zulfick Farzan 22-09-2020 | 4:48 PM

Colombo (News 1st); The total number of PCR tests conducted so far in Sri Lanka stands at 269,483 with 1470 PCR tests carried on Monday (21).

The total number of detainees in quarantine at Kandakadu and Senapura Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres for Drug Addicts stands at 649 as of Tuesday (22) morning, stated the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

The flight EY 294 from Abu Dhabi with 290 passengers has arrived and the flight UL 1160 from India with passengers is expected in Colombo, this afternoon.

All of them were to be referred to Quarantine Centres, managed by tri-services after formalities at the airport.

43,849 individuals have been sent back home after completing the mandatory quarantine period.

6,626 persons in 66 tri-service-managed QCs are still in quarantine.

12 positive COVID-19 cases after full recovery left hospitals early this morning (22).

Of them, four (04) were expatriates in quarantine and the rest (08) were detainees from the Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre for Drug Addicts at Kandakadu.