By Pamodi Waravita44 members of the Dambana Adivasi village, situated close to the Mahiyanganaya town in the Badulla District, have contracted the Covid-19 virus, according to the Veddah Nayake’s Chief Spokesman Uruvarige Wimalaratna Attho. Speaking to The Morning yesterday (29), Wimalaratna Attho confirmed that these 44 members of the Dambana Adivasi village include the Veddah Chief Uruwarige Wannila Aththo’s wife. According to Wimalaratna Attho, the village is populated with about 4,000 Adivasi members, and those over the age of 60 years have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine. Those between the ages of 30 and 60 years have mostly received one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine,” he added. The WHO has stated that the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant of the Covid-19 virus is at least two times as transmissible as the original virus.

Source: The Nation August 29, 2021 16:41 UTC