Another coronavirus-positive inmate escapes from hospital

May 26, 2021 04:36 pm

Another prison inmate infected with COVID-19 has escaped custody today, says the Prisons Spokesman Commissioner Chandana Ekanayake.

He was transferred from Iyakachchi quarantine centre in Jaffna to Kilinochchi Hospital after suffering a heart attack.

According to reports, the inmate in question has fled through a window of the hospital’s lavatory.

Kilinochchi Police has launched a search operation to locate the escapee.

In another development, a coronavirus-infected inmate of Boossa Prison escaped custody yesterday (May 25) while being transferred to an intermediate treatment centre.

Meanwhile, another COVID-19 patient has run off last evening while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Kollupitiya.

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