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Covid-19 prevention | Over 5,000 under quarantine

18 Aug 2020

By Sarah Hannan The National Operation Centre for Prevention of Covid-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) reported that at present, a total of 5,347 persons were observing quarantine at 44 quarantine centres as of yesterday (18). “A total of 5,347 returnees are observing quarantine at 44 quarantine centres as of yesterday (18). We are still following the 14-day quarantine period and should anyone of them test positive for Covid-19, the entire batch will have to observe a further 14-day quarantine period from the day the patient is detected,” NOCPCO Head and Commander of the Sri Lanka Army Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva told The Morning.  The Epidemiology Unit in its Covid-19 Situation Report published yesterday (18) at 10 a.m. noted that seven new cases were reported between 10 a.m. on 17 August (Monday) and 10 a.m. on 18 August (yesterday) with a total of 134 persons confirmed to have contracted the virus, out of which only one foreign national was recorded, and the rest were Sri Lankans.  A total of 79 persons were discharged after recovering from the illness, of which 72 had been discharged from the Kandakadu Treatment Centre and seven from the Welikanda Base Hospital.  Seventy-four persons are under observation in 14 designated hospitals across the island in suspicion of possibly having contracted Covid-19.  The last death due to Covid-19 was recorded on 5 June. The highest number of cases reported in a single day was on 10 July when a cluster was detected from the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Centre that stood at 243 cases.

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