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Sunny Side Up: Assuming duties via Zoom 

22 Aug 2021

Newly appointed Transport Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi, it is learnt, had assumed duties in her new ministry via Zoom.  Wanniarachchi previously held the health portfolio and was appointed to the transport portfolio by the President last Monday (16).  The recent cabinet reshuffle came as a surprise to Wanniarachchi, who believed that the reshuffle would take place after the 2022 Budget presentation in a few months.  Wanniarachchi was at a meeting with health officials at the Health Ministry on Monday morning when she received a message asking her to immediately come to the Presidential Secretariat.  However, unconfirmed reports state that Wanniarachchi is in self-isolation after one of her security officers had tested positive for Covid-19, and had to therefore, carry out duties at her new ministry via Zoom. 


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