Army officer in Batalanda contracts virus

Army Officer attached to the Defence Services Command and Staff College in Batalanda, Sapugaskanda has contracted the coronavirus.

Officer had recently visited the Peliyagoda fish market.

The infected officer has been admitted to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (IDH) in Mulleriyawa.

Health authorities have commenced contact tracing, while 20 officers from the patient’s Unit who were identified as first contacts have been placed in quarantine.

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