Wuhan evacuees return home...

February 15, 2020

An event organized to hand over the 33 students who were flown back from Wuhan in China, to their parents was held under the patronage of the Commander of Sri Lanka Army Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva at the Army Headquarters in Akuregoda yesterday (14).

All stakeholders, who were involved in the meticulously-devised and speedily-implemented mechanism to evacuate Sri Lankans from Wuhan, the epicentre of COVID-19, have been acclaimed at this event.

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