Quarantine plan is in place and ready to activate for the students who will be coming to Sri Lanka from the Wuhancity indicates the Daily Situation Report about the Corona virus by the Epidemiology unit Nhsl issued today(31)
The report sa follows:
• An outbreak of pneumonia of unknown reason was first reported on 31st December 2019 from Wuhan City in Hubei Province of China.
• On 7th Jan 2020, it was diagnosed as “Novel CoronaVirus”. On 30th Jan 2020, it was renamed as “2019-nCoVacute respiratory disease”.
• As of January 30, 2020, the Novel Coronavirus has been reported from 18 countries with 7818 confirmed cases
and 170 deaths. 82 confirmed cases outside China with no deaths. India has reported its first confirmed casefrom Kerala.
• The incubation period is reported as 2-14 days.
• R0 (Basic reproduction ratio) is estimated as 1.4 to 2.5.
(R0= the number of cases one case generates on average over the course of its infectious period, in an otherwise uninfected or not immune)
Ref. European Respiratory Society- www.ersnet.org 29/01/2020
• Initially, the disease was reported to be spread from animal to human but now the human to human transmission has been observed.
• First confirmed case of Coronavirus infected person was reported from Sri Lanka on 27th January 2020.
• The patient was a Chinese national who came to Sri Lanka as a tourist. Still Sri Lanka has a single confirmed patient.She is admitted to the National Institute of InfectiousDiseases (NIID). As at today 16 other suspectedindividuals are under surveillance.
Global Situation
• World Health Organization has declaresthe new Coronavirus outbreak a PublicHealth Emergency of International
Concern (PHEIC)
• 7818 confirmed cases with 170 deaths –
Ref. WHO situation report - 30/01/2020
Local Situation
• One (1) confirmed patient
• 16 suspected individuals
• 8 at NIID (4 Foreigners, 4 SL)
• 2 at PGH Rathnapura, 5 at National
Hospital Kandy, 1 at TH Karapitiya
• 12 hospitals around the country have been identified asthe treatment centers for the suspected persons. (NIID,TH Ragama, DGH Gampaha, DGH Negombo, NationalHospital Kandy, TH Karapitiya, TH Anuradhapura, TH Jaffna, TH Kurunegala, PGH Rathnapura, TH Batticoloa, PGH Badulla)
• Returning Sri Lankan students (also those who visitedChina due to other purposes during last 14 days) whowere in China are advised to stay in their homes with minimal contacts with others for a period of 2 weeks from the day of arrival to Sri Lanka. (Please read the special guideline prepared for them)
• In the current Sri Lankan context, there is no scientific justification to wear face mask by the general public including children, routinely.
• Quarantine plan is in place and ready to activate for the students who will be coming to Sri Lanka from the Wuhan
city, once allowed.
