Establish COVID-19 testing centres in all provinces – Kiriella
Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on April 28, 2020 - 8:01 pm
Former Parliamentarian Lakshman Kiriella has requested the government to establish a coronavirus testing centre in all nine provinces.
Speaking at a media briefing Kiriella said the governments lockdown measures have been ineffective.
Kiriella stated that the Opposition as well as the World Health Organisation from the inception stated that the main method to contain the spread of the coronavirus is increasing testing capacities.
He noted that while funds required for testing was not a concern to the government owing to foreign donations, he urged the government to increase testing in order to curb the spread of COVID-19.
(Source: News Radio)
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Mr Kirella was a Senior Minister in the Yahapalana Govt who did not have a clue on how to handle intelligence information prior to the Easter 2019 jihadist incident.
Mr Kirella was a Senior Minister in the Yahapalana Govt who did not have a clue on how to manage the incident effectively in the few days after the incident with his boss out shopping in Singapore for his son’s wedding.
Now Mr Kiriella is saying we need testing centres in each province.
How stupid.
We need testing centres in each Grama Sevaka Division to effectively monitor the spread of Covid-19, my dear dinosaur Kiriella.