Sri Lanka reports first case of new variant of COVID-19
Posted by Editor on January 13, 2021 - 12:08 pm
An arrival from the United Kingdom has been infected with the new COVID-19 variant which is rapidly spreading in the UK and several other countries, The Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said.
He said the infected person might have arrived in the country a week or two ago.
Investigations in this regard are underway, he said.
The research was conducted by the Sri Jayewardenepura research team headed by Professor Nieelika Malavige.
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