"A total of about 206 more individuals, including students and state officials, were flown to Sri Lanka early yesterday morning (6) from London by a Sri Lankan Flight and they all were taken to tri service-managed Quarantine Centres (QCs) for quarantine process. Likewise, another group of 190 students and state officials from Singapore are expected to land here yesterday evening (6).

127 individuals who underwent quarantining at Army-managed Punani and Kandakadu QCs after the conduct of PCR tests on the left for their residences May (6) with Quarantine Certificates. By today (6), a total of 5188 quarantined individuals from tri service-managed Quarantine Centres (QC) have left for their homes. As of now, 4819 persons are still in quarantine in island-wide 39 QCs, run by tri-services. By May(6), heroic sailors of the Navy confirmed positive to the COVID-19 virus stood at 342 in total. It is noted that not a single infected person outside the Navy camp was detected as such after 30 April.

From today May (7), curfew will come into effect throughout the country and the public are expected to spend the government declared Vesak period, confined to their houses, similar to how they spent during the previous Sinhala New Year period, "Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva urged.

Summary:

Total No of quarantined individuals up to-date - 5188

Total No of individuals still in quarantine - 4819

No of QCs - 39