Sri Lanka government approves Rapid Antigen Test

Sri Lanka Health sector started the use of Rapid Antigen Test since today (November 18). The Ministry of Health gave permission to use the test, Dr. Sudath Samaraweera, the Director of the Epidemiology Unit said. 

The test is available in several selected hospitals. 

The report of the Rapid Antigen Test can be obtained within 30 minutes. 

All COVID-19 patients inter conmected; no community spread in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's chief epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera  said that all the COVID-19 patients are connected to each other in some way and therefore, still there is no social spread in the country.

He pointed out that when there is a social spread, the career of virus related to individual patients cannot be traced.