02nd February 2020 23:46:31 Hours
The Sri Lankan Airlines flight, UL 1423 carrying a total of 33 Sri Lankan students in the Corona virus-affected Wuhan province in China landed at Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) early this morning (1), consequent upon emergency arrangements effected by HE the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Sri Lanka Army's members of the Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Squadron qualified to deal with such biological or chemical emergencies received them and transported them to the Diyatalawa Army Base Hospital for quarantine purposes that would take 14 days.
The Army on the instructions of the acting Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva by Friday (31) evening completed the construction of two 100 x 20 sanatorium-type new buildings where those students could be quarantined by keeping them in incubation at least for 14 days under the close supervision of medical consultants, epidemiologists and other staffers.
During the quarantine period, they are to be provided with all day today requirements by the Army such as food, refreshments, sanitory requirements and all other amenities including free Wi-Fi facility.
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