106 Sri Lankans Gone for Higher Studies Flown Back from Pakistan- Head of NOCPCO

Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID -19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army in a video clip released to the Media this evening (21 ) had this to say:

"149 more quarantined personnel in Army and Navy-managed Quarantine Centres (QCs) after PCR tests left for homes today (21) with Quarantine Certificates.

Up to-date, 4348 personnel after completion of quarantining in tri service-managed Quarantine Centers have left for homes. As of today, 1582 individuals are still undergoing quarantine process in QCs.

Yesterday and this morning, we referred 242 more individuals, all of them being close associates, family members and relatives of the lady who was earlier confirmed positive for COVID-19 from Keselwatta to QCs. Similarly, 1010 persons of 242 families from the same area were sent to three Army QCs for quarantine process during the course of the day.

106 persons, including 82 Army, Navy and Air Force personnel attending training courses in Pakistan are expected to be flown back from Lahore airport this evening (21) by Flight UL 1206. After completion of their courses, they have remained in Pakistan for more than a month. Those 24 out of 106 were students from Sri Lanka who had gone for higher studies. Arrangements have been made to refer all of them to QCs upon their return for necessary quarantine process.

All associates and family members of two COVID-19 positive patients found today from Piliyandala and Boralesgamuwa areas were referred to QCs after conducting PCR tests on them. Accordingly, nursing staff of a private medical centre, from where the victim in Boralesgamuwa had taken medicine, were referred to PCR tests after closing down the said private medical centre.

Likewise, arrangements are in progress to refer all close associates of the Piliyandala positive case to QCs during the course of the day," he added.

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