Army Commander of Sri Lanka Shavendra Silva said that the associates of COVID-19 patients will be home quarantined since today.
So far, the government quarantined the associates of COVID-19 persons in military-run quarantine centres.
By now, the country has reached 90% of the capacity in hospitals for COVID-19 patients.
Meanwhile, Government Medical Officers' Association proposed the government to treat the patients with less complications at home while admitting only the patients with complications into hospitals.
