Prison inmate tests COVID-19 positive after death

Prison inmate tests COVID-19 positive after death

November 23, 2020   02:12 pm

A posthumous PCR test of a prison inmate reveals that he had been infected with COVID-19, the Department of Prisons said.

The 82-year-old inmate of the Mahara Prison had passed away while receiving treatment at the Ragama Hospital.

He had been admitted to the Ragama Hospital over a sudden illness 

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