Chinese female at IDH tests positive for Coronavirus
Posted by Editor on January 27, 2020 - 9:13 pm
A 43-year-old Chinese female admitted at the Infectious Diseases Hospital has been tested positive for the new Coronavirus during treatment.
The Chinese national had arrived in Sri Lanka from the Hubei province in China.
She had been admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) on the 25th of this month according to Director of the Epidemiology unit Dr. Sudath Samaraweera.

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