Seven inmates at Bogambara prison test positive for COVID-19

COLOMBO (News1st): Seven inmates of the Bogambara prison have tested positive for COVID-19, government officials said on Sunday. The patients were detected upon conducting random PCR tests, prisons commissioner-general Chandana Ekanayake told media. Previously, 196 inmates at the Welikada prison were subjected to PCR tests out of which 23 had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. […]

Seven inmates at Bogambara prison test positive for COVID-19