Measures against COVID-19

Kankesanturai Four persons including two Sri Lankan-origin refugees from South India who arrived at Kanke s a n t u r a i (KKS) yesterday, by boat are to be sent to a quarantine centre, Navy sources said.

Naval preliminary i nve s t i g a t i o n s revealed that two local fishermen organised the illegal passage to bring the two Sri Lankan refugees who had been living in temporary camps in Tamil Nadu for a decade. Further investigations are underway.

Vankalai, Mannar

Seven fishermen in Mannar were directed to self-quarantine in their respective homes yesterday, after they offered assistance to an Indian fishing crew whose trawler was damaged in mid- sea, Mannar Health Services Regional Director Dr. T. Vinothan said.

The seven fishermen from Vankalai, Mannar offered to help the fishermen from the neighbouring country. All of them were subjected to PCR tests by the regional health authorities and are awaiting the results. Welikada prison Meanwh i l e, a detainee who was released recently f rom We l i k a d a Prisons was taken back to prison today after several other prison inmates tested positive. He was one of the 40 detainees who were released one week before the first positive case was identified inside the prison.