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Aluthgamage tests positive for Covid-19

03 Aug 2021

Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage yesterday (3) tested positive for Covid-19 following a Rapid Antigen Test. Reports confirmed that the Minister will be subjected to a PCR test today (4). Additionally, Minister Udaya Gammanpila commenced self-isolation yesterday, after several officials at the Ministry of Energy tested positive for Covid-19. In a tweet, Gammanpila stated that the ministry will remain closed until Friday (6) owing to the situation. Although Gammanpila had undergone a Rapid Antigen Test and was proven to be Covid-negative, he decided to commence his stint in home quarantine from yesterday. He had tweeted: “The Ministry of Energy is closed until Friday 6th after sanitisation because several officers were found positive for COVID-19.  Although my antigen test recorded negative, I am in quarantine from today. I wish speedy recovery for all affected and urge everybody to stay safe.” Last Thursday (29 July), Minister of Industries Wimal Weerawansa similarly commenced two weeks of self-quarantine, after several of his security personnel tested positive for Covid-19. In a Facebook post, the minister notified the public he would be self-quarantining at his home, adding that his office in the Ministry of Industries would be disinfected, with the section shut down for two weeks.    


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