Kovil shut down at Vadamarachchi after parishioner tests  corona positive: 63 quarantined

by Dinasena Rathugamage

Health authorities, on Sunday, closed Kambaramali Muttumariamman Kovil at Vadamarachchi in Jaffna for 14 days and directed 63 persons including the Chief Kurukkal of the Hindu temple to undergo self-quarantine. The decision to isolate the Kovil was taken after a COVID-19 infected person participated in a pooja conducted there. The patient was a close contact of another COVID-19 case detected in Jaffna. He had undergone a PCR test, and while waiting for the results he had visited the Kovil to attend a pooja. The PCR test results indicated that he was infected and authorities took immediate action to close the Kovil temporarily.