Eight test positive for Covid-19 at Health Ministry

Eight test positive for Covid-19 at Health Ministry

January 18, 2021   06:44 pm

Eight persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) at the Ministry of Health, sources told Ada Derana.

Meanwhile it is also reported that 74 of their first contacts have been placed under quarantine. 

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