Another prison inmate infected with COVID-19 has escaped custody today, says the Prisons Spokesman Commissioner Chandana Ekanayake. He was transferred from Iyakachchi quarantine centre in Jaffna to Kilinochchi Hospital after suffering a heart attack. According to reports, the inmate in question has fled through a window of the hospital’s lavatory. In another development, a coronavirus-infected inmate of Boossa Prison escaped custody yesterday (May 25) while being transferred to an intermediate treatment centre. Meanwhile, another COVID-19 patient has run off last evening while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Kollupitiya.

Source: The Nation May 26, 2021 11:03 UTC