The Anuradhapura District Epidemiologist has confirmed that 36 police officers who were bring quarantined at the Pahalagama Police Training Center in Thambuttegama were infected with COVID19 yesterday (15).

115 police constables serving in several police stations in the Western Province were sent to the Thambuththegama, Pahalagama Police Training Center for quarantine. Fifty of these police constables have been diagnosed with coronavirus. All 36 infected police constables were referred to the Punani Medical Center for treatment, the Epidemiologist said.