Total of Covid-19 cases today -841

DIG Ajith Rohana states special operations are carried out in the Western Province today (24) to examine whether the quarantine rules are being followed and to conduct emergency antigen tests.

Minister of State Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle asserts at the daily Covid-19 Analysis Committee that the risk of transmitting the virus is higher in the first 10 days of an infected person and therefore identifying this and initiating a new system to control the virus is timely.

 The 04 corpses of fishermen of the sunken Indian fishing trawler were handed over to the Indian Coast Guard at the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) around 10.00 a.m. (23rd January 2021).