Director of Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said that the quarantine of the associates of the COVID-19 patients will be done at home in future.
Only the persons like patients with chronic illnesses who cannot undergo home quarantine will be admitted to a quarantine centre.
The persons under home quarantine will be freed after 14 days following a PCR test.
The chief epidemiologist further said that the COVID-19 patients who do not show symptoms have no risk would not be admitted to hospitals. They will be kept in transit centres. They will be freed after 14 days without PCR tests, according to international standards.
