The Deputy Director-General of Health Services, Dr. Hemantha Herath emphasized that the public should act responsibly during this time. “We take an approximate count of patients after collecting random samples from all over the island. “This is the result of conducting gene sequencing testing on random samples from all over the island. However, we cannot say that there are zero patients at other Districts, as this evidence itself is enough for us to decide that the variant has spread islandwide.” Dr. Herath stated. He added that as of present 117 cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant have been reported from Sri Lanka.

Source: The Nation August 08, 2021 06:56 UTC