MP Wasantha Yapa Bandara diagnosed with COVID-19

January 25, 2021 09:02 am

Kandy District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) parliamentarian Wasantha Yapa Bandara is confirmed to have contracted the COVID-19 infection.

Accordingly, he is the sixth Member of the Parliament to have been diagnosed with the virus.

Starting with State Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera, MP Rauff Hakeem, State Minister Piyal Nishantha, Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara, and Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi had also tested positive for COVID-19.

Meanwhile, State Minister Jayasekera and Minister Nanayakkara were recently sent home after recovering from the virus.

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