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Three factories to be converted into Covid treatment centers

30 Apr 2021

A Covid treatment center comprising of 2000 beds will be set up in the Werellawatta area in Gampaha to deal with the existing Covid risk, the government said today (30). It is expected to set up this facility at a garment factory which has currently been closed for this purpose. In addition, it has been decided to take over the buildings of two closed factories in the Katunayake and Mirigama areas for treatment centers as well. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga at the Gampaha District Secretariat to discuss future steps to control the Covid situation. It was revealed that 234 patients have been identified from the Gampaha district yesterday alone. So far 20,029 patients have been identified in the Gampaha district. It is the highest number of Covid infections in the country. The Director of Indigenous Health Services in Gampaha pointed out that 248,387 people in the Gampaha district have been vaccinated against Covid. He added that the second dose of the vaccine will be given to health workers in the district in the next few days. The Gampaha District Director of Health Services pointed out the need to set up several treatment centers in the district to deal with the growing Covid situation and said that three factories have been identified for this purpose which have been closed in Werellawatta, Mirigama and Katunayake.

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