
The Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya announced that visits by outsiders to all prisons in the country will be temporarily prohibited until further notice.
Mahara and Negombo Prisons had suspended allowing entry to visitors from yesterday (04) following the detection of a new Covid-19 cluster in Minuwangoda.
Curfew had been imposed in Veyangoda, Divulapitiya and Minuwangoda police divisions from yesterday (04) after a woman from Minuwangoda had tested positive for Covid-19.
Meanwhile 69 of her close contacts have also tested positive for the virus thus far.



















