16-year-old daughter of Divulapitiya patient tests positive for COVID-19
Posted on October 4th, 2020
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
The 16-year-old daughter of the COVID-19 patient detected from Divulapitiya earlier today also tested positive for the Coronavirus, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.
The 39-year-old woman of four children from Divulapitiya had been admitted to the Gampaha Hospital after falling ill while working on September 30.
She had returned home on October 2 after being subjected to a PCR test on October 1 after which she had tested positive and was admitted to the IDH Hospital.
The woman’s father, husband and four children were taken to the quarantine centre in Habaraduwa.
Army Commander Shavendra Silva today urged people who have visited Divulapitiya and Minuwangoda areas recently to be very cautious after the apparel factory supervisor from Divulapitiya tested positive for Covid-19.
Police curfew was imposed in Divulapitiya and Minuwangoda police areas after she was tested positive for Covid-19.
We do not know how she was infected. At this hour we have not been able to trace the source. But we are looking,” the Commander said. (Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya and Ajith Siriwardana)