Navy Takes Measures To Isolate 4000 Officers Attached To Welisara Camp And Their Family Members After 30 Sailors Were Tested Positive For COVID19

Sri Lanka Navy has decided to isolate 4000 Navy officers attached to the Welisara Camp and their family members with immediate effect.

The development came after 30 seamen attached to the camp were tested positive for COVID19 yesterday.

Some of them will isolated themselves while some will undergo quarantine at military-run facilities.

The Navy said those who had close contacts with the infected sailors would be subjected to PCR tests.