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4,000 quarantined after 185 SL military personnel test COVID-19 positive

By IANS | Updated: April 28, 2020 14:50 IST

Some 4,000 Sri Lankan Navy personnel and their families have been quarantined after at least 185 military members tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said on Tuesday.

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people who were the first contacts of the corporal have been isolated.

"We are awaiting results from the tests carried out on them," Wijesinghe said.

( With inputs from IANS )

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