Four Chinese workers staying in Port City diagnosed COVID-19 positive

Four Chinese employees working in a contract in Colombo are diagnosed COVID-19, health sources say.

China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) announced that the four Chinese nationals had worked in Kotahena in Colombo city and stayed temporarily in the workers' residences in Colombo Port City. Two Sri Lankans who stayed in the same residence have diagnosed positive for COVID-19. 

CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd said that the residence in the Port City used by these infected employees had been used only by the employees in Kotahena outside of the Port City. The employees of the Port City project have neither used that residence and nor associated these workers. 

The patients were diagnosed through random PCR tests conducted in Port City, the company said. 

The residence is now isolated.