Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Sampath Jayasinghe has been placed under quarantine after it was confirmed that his brother had contracted COVID19.

The PS Chairman's brother had gone to the Peliyagoda fish market recently to buy fish for his mother's alms giving.

Thirty families in the Habarakada area in Homagama have been placed under quarantine.

A large number of government employees in Homagama have participated in the recent funeral of the Chairman's mother.