Giving one more stimulant to the government’s efforts of containing the spread of ‘Covid-19’ virus, the Sri Lanka Army following quick improvisations, made on the directions of Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army enabled two more new Quarantine Centers operational at Kahagolla and inside the Diyatalawa Army Base Hospital beginning yesteraday afternoon (12).

All schools have been given first term holidays from tomorrow (March 13) until April 20^th as a precautionary measure due to the Coronavirus threat, said Minister of Education Dullas Alahapperuma.

Another person has tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and has been transferred to the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Angoda.