Gampaha Municipal Councillor Infected With COVID19

November 11, 2020

Gampaha Mayor Eranga Senanayake said a Municipal Councilor had been infected with COVID19.

The councillor has been referred to the Covid Treatment Center in Iranavila.

As a result, steps have been taken to disinfect the Gampaha Divisional Secretariat and the Municipal Council premises and the activities of the Municipal Council have been restricted to essential duties only, the Mayor said.

The mayor said that several fishmongers living near the councilor's house had been reported infected with the virus and that it was suspected that the councilor may have been infected with the virus by one of their associates.