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Covid-19 : Declare if there is social transmission - GMOA

20 Oct 2020

  • Epidemiology Unit urged to conduct GPS mapping of spread
By Maheesha Mudugamuwa The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health has been urged to carry out GPS mapping of the spread of Covid-19-positive cases among society and declare whether or not there is social transmission. When contacted by The Morning, Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) Secretary Dr. Senal Fernando stressed that it as the chief epidemiologists who should declare whether there is social transmission of the virus within the country, as it is the Epidemiology Unit that receives all data from around the country, especially regarding the whereabouts of the infected persons and their contacts. “The definition of social transmission is that there should be more than one Covid-19 cluster within society for those whose origin cannot be traced. To get a good idea about the spread of the virus, GPS mapping should be done and made available to the public,” he said yesterday (19). Meanwhile, government statistics yesterday revealed that a total of 47 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19, increasing the number of patients in the Minuwangoda cluster to 2,122, of which four have been reported from quarantine centres while the others were reported as their close associates. The National Operation Centre for Prevention of Covid-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) yesterday announced that three Covid-19-infected patients from the Minuwangoda Brandix cluster have recovered and were discharged from hospitals for the first time. Accordingly, the total number of patients recovered from the virus rose to 3,440 while the toll of confirmed Covid-19 patients detected so far stood at 5,585. Meanwhile, the authorities have conducted 391,060 PCR tests so far.  

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