Three more Ukrainian tourists test positive for COVID-19

By Rathindra Kuruwita

Three more tourists who arrived in Sri Lanka, on Tuesday, from Ukraine had tested positive for COVID-19, Deputy Director General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath said yesterday.

This brings the total number of Ukranian tourists who have tested positive for the virus to six.

All six cases were among the 204 Ukrainian tourists, who arrived at the Mattala International Airport (MIA) on Tuesday from Kiev.

No one tested positive from the 180 Ukrainian tourists who reached Sri Lanka on Monday in the first such flight and all of them were subjected to PCR testing upon arrival. Over 1.1 million COVID-19 cases have been reported from Ukraine.

Dr. Herath said the infected tourists had been sent for treatment and necessary action taken to ensure that the others who came on the same flight were free from the virus.

About 67 new cases were detected from the prisons on Wednesday (30.) All of them are men and this brings the total COVID-19 cases detected in prison to 4,016. Out of this 3,272 have recovered.