COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s Health Promotion Bureau has issued a public warning of a coronavirus breakout after the April festive season saying COVID-19 intensive care admissions are rising and have urged the public to minimize travel and follow health guidelines.
“With the increase in the risk of corona infection in Sri Lanka, a rapid increase in admission of patients in intensive care units has been observed,” the Health Promotion Bureau said in a public notice on its facebook page.
“While the scientific data review and information study on this is already underway, we as a public should all be very careful about this growing situation,” it urged.
The Bureau did not give ICU admissions data but blamed the situation on a ‘decrease in following health guidelines’.
Sri Lanka has re-opened schools and some are holding morning assembly bringing all students together along with teachers, parents said.
Meanwhile, the State information office reported five new Covid-related fatalities on Tuesday (20), taking the total confirmed deaths to 625 so far.
A new strain of the coronavirus was also spreading, the Bureau warned, urging the public to minimize travel, and those having symptoms to behave in a manner that protects others.
Sri Lanka on Tuesday reported 345 new COVID-19 cases, up from 114 on April 12, taking the country’s virus tally to 91,979 cases.
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