Vavuniya Town heading for shutdown

Pattaneechur village in Vavuniya has been isolated till Jan 24 by health authorities as the number of COVID-19 positive cases detected from the village during the last eight days jumped to 151 by yesterday.

Among those found infected in the village were owners and employees of shops in the Vavuniya town, health authorities said, adding that they had found it to be a very difficult task to trace their contacts and that Vavuniya town too would be shut down till Jan 24.

Text and pic by Dinasena Rathugamage