{"id":109835,"date":"2020-12-18T16:14:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T23:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=109835"},"modified":"2020-12-18T16:14:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T23:14:04","slug":"five-leaving-western-province-test-covid-19-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/12\/18\/five-leaving-western-province-test-covid-19-positive\/","title":{"rendered":"Five leaving Western Province test Covid-19 positive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Five persons who were leaving the Western Province today (18) have tested positive for Covid-19 in random rapid antigen tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commander of Army Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva said a total of 451 individuals were subjected to rapid antigen tests today as they were moving out of the provincial limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0db6\u0dc3\u0dca\u0db1\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0dbb \u0db4\u0dc5\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dad\u0dca \u0db4\u0dc5\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dbd\u0da7 \u0dba\u0db8\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0da7\u0dd2 \u0db4\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dca\u0d9c\u0dbd\u0dba\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca 5\u0d9a\u0da7 \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0da9\u0dca\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V434VvK7YSM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of these tests, five were tested positive for the virus. Two of them have been identified as port employees. They were referred to testing in Kosgama and Mirigama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier today, the Director General of Health Services Dr Asela Gunawardhane announced that random rapid antigen tests will be performed on persons leaving the Western Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Testing was carried out at four locations \u2013 Salawa in Kosgama, Danowita in Mirigama, Kochchikade in Negombo, and Aluthgama on Galle Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities have urged the members of the public restrict moving out of the Western Province during the festive season, in order to prevent further spread of novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana Five persons who were leaving the Western Province today (18) have tested positive for Covid-19 in random rapid antigen tests. Commander of Army Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva said a total of 451 individuals were subjected to rapid antigen tests today as they were moving out of the provincial limits. Of these tests, five [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}