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Three Ukranian tourists test positive for COVID-19
By Rathindra Kuruwita
Three of the 204 Ukranian tourists who arrived here recently had tested COVID-19 positive, Deputy Director General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath said.
Dr. Herath said that the infected tourists had been sent for treatment and necessary action had been taken to ensure that the others who came on the same flight were free from the virus.
The second group of 204 Ukrainian tourists arrived at the Mattala International Airport (MIA) on Tuesday December 29 from Kiev, Ukraine. The three patients came in this flight. In the first group 180 Ukrainian tourists arrived on Monday and all of them were subjected to PCR testing upon arrival. Over 1.1 million COVID-19 cases have been reported from Ukraine.
Out of the 460 COVID-19 cases reported from Sri Lanka on Tuesday (29) 249 were from Colombo; 165 of them were from the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) area. 50 cases were detected from Gampaha District, and of them 20 were from Pugoda.
From 04 October 2020 to 29 December this year 17, 977 COVID-19 cases were reported from the Colombo District. Over 11, 000 rapid antigen tests have been conducted in Colombo from where 74 coronavirus cases have been identified; nine of them were detected at the Galle face Green.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished bys the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs to extend Visas of those unable to leave Sri Lanka due to the
cancellation of flights to the Middle East from 28.02.2026 for another 14 days without any payments and re-extend the extended Visas for another 14 days without payments if the flights cancellations continue.
Taking into consideration the resolution furnished by the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Council, and Local Government, the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to appoint Sunil Galagama, a Special Grade Officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, who is currently serving as an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Mass Media, as the District Secretary to Badulla Administrative District with immediate effect.
The Cabinet of Ministers, taking into consideration the resolution furnished by the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Council, and Local Government, have decided to appoint Anupama Mangala Wickramaarachchi, a special grade officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, who is serving as the Additional Commissioner General of Agrarian Development of the Department of the Agrarian Development at present, as the District Secretary , Ampara Administrative district with immediate effect.
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