{"id":114470,"date":"2021-05-23T14:55:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T21:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=114470"},"modified":"2021-05-23T14:55:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T21:55:24","slug":"sajith-premadasa-and-wife-test-covid-19-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/05\/23\/sajith-premadasa-and-wife-test-covid-19-positive\/","title":{"rendered":"Sajith Premadasa and wife test COVID-19 positive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19 infection. Premadasa confirmed this posting on his social media a short while ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, his wife had been hospitalized on May 19 over COVID-19 symptoms and had subsequently tested positive for the virus.<\/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=\"\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2\u0db1\u0dcf\u0dba\u0d9a\u0da7\u0dad\u0dca \u0d9a\u0ddc\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0da9\u0dca - CCTV \u0daf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dc1\u0db1 \u0db8\u0d9f\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0d86\u0dc1\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dba\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc3\u0ddc\u0dba\u0dba\u0dd2...\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v9IJZvS3-KI?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>As per the health guidelines, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader too had undergone a PCR test which had confirmed that he too had contracted coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he remains asymptomatic, Premadasa said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Premadasa and his wife are currently receiving treatment at the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Premadasa further stated, Leading the opposition\u2019s role in ensuring the safety of the people during these extremely difficult times, remains my priority, and I will continue to do my part in this united effort.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also urged the public to remain safe, and follow all health guidelines and strictures to fight the COVID-19 wave together, as a nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Sergeant-At-Arms at the parliament stated that movements of the Opposition Leader in the parliament will be monitored through CCTV footage in order to identify his contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The close contacts will be informed to take necessary action based on guidelines issued by the health sector, the Sergeant-At-Arms stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19 infection. Premadasa confirmed this posting on his social media a short while ago. Reportedly, his wife had been hospitalized on May 19 over COVID-19 symptoms and had subsequently tested positive for the virus. As per the health guidelines, the [&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-114470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114470","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=114470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}