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16 test Covid-positive at Anamaduwa Pirivena

01 Nov 2021

Health officials say that 16 Bikkhu students boarded at a Pirivena in the Anamaduwa area were identified as being Covid-19 positive yesterday (1). A total of 65 Bikkhu students and 10 lay children are reportedly being educated at the Pirivena. Three of the Bikkhu students had displayed symptoms of the coronavirus on 31 October, after which health officials had taken steps to subject them, as well as the other Bikkhu students, to rapid antigen testing yesterday.  Sixteen had tested positive for the virus during the testing. This had prompted authorities to quarantine the infected Bikkhu students within the Pirivena itself.  Meanwhile, there have also been reports of primary school students and teachers in the Anuradhapura District testing positive for Covid-19. Anuradhapura District Epidemiologist Dr. R.M.S.B. Rathnayake said the situation is expected to increase in the future. He said that Covid-19 cases have mostly been reported from Anuradhapura Urban Council area, Galenbindunuwewa, Padawiya, Thalawa, and Kahatagasdigiliya areas and that students and teachers from primary schools in Horowpathana, Padawiya, and Thalawa have been quarantined.  He said that six students and three teachers have been identified as Covid-positive, and that around 40 students have been quarantined. 


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