State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle said today (20) that there may be three times as many cases of Covid-19 infected persons in society versus the numbers that are reported daily. The State Minister highlighted that there is a risk of the disease spreading further from those infected. “Three thousand five hundred patients were reported in a single day yesterday but there may be more patients in society. I urge the people of the country not to go out except for a matter of urgency,” she said. However, people get confused when different officials in the Ministry of Health make different statements,” she added.

Source: The Nation May 20, 2021 09:45 UTC