Ministry of Defence - Sri Lanka

Minuwangoda Coronavirus cluster rose to 2077 - NOCPCO

October 19, 2020

The total number of Coronavirus positive cases reported from the Minuwangoda cluster is 2077 by today morning (Oct 19).  This includes 1,041 factory employees and 1036 locally-identified contacts of them, the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).  

During the past 24 hours, 63 more persons were confirmed positive to the virus.Among them  2 are expatriates from Japan  and  61 persons are locally-identified close contacts of Minuwangoda garment factory-infected employees.  

Meanwhile, the flight UL 455 from Narita, Japan has arrived with 10 passengers and all of them were sent to the tri forces-managed Quarantine Centres after PCR tests, NOCPCO confirmed.