Sri Lanka, Jan. 29 -- Sri Lankan students returning from Wuhan, China will be moved to the Diyathalawa Army Camp for two-weeks of quarantine to check for any coronavirus symptoms, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said yesterday.
She said they would be kept in separate rooms and subjected to thorough health checks.
The minister said all possible measures had been taken to prevent coronavirus escalating into epidemic proportions in the country with focus on those arriving in the country from China and in particular from Wuhan city in Hubei province. "All passengers including Sri Lankans coming to Sri Lanka from China would be subjected to a thorough physical test to check their body heat at the BIA and at the Port of Colombo," she s...