Sri Lanka, Oct. 15 -- A senior management assistant of the Public Assistance Department of the Colombo Municipal Council has contracted coronavirus.

She had tested positive during a random PCR test that was carried out.

Chief Medical Officer of Health of the Colombo Municipal Council Ruwan Wijemuni stated that the all divisions located in the building except the office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health of the Department of Public Health and the Maternal and Child Health Unit of the Department of Public Health were closed, accordingly.

He also said that steps have been taken to restrict the entry of persons into the Colombo Municipal Council.

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