Over 30,000 coronavirus carriers in the city of Colombo: Colombo Chief Medical Officer

There may be more than 30,000 people infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus in the city of Colombo, says Colombo Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ruwan Wijemuni

Nov 12, 2020
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There may be more than 30,000 people infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus in the city of Colombo, says Colombo Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ruwan Wijemuni.

Dr. Wijemuni told media that in PCR tests conducted on 300 randomly selected people in the city, 5 percent of them were found to be infected and accordingly 5 percent of the 600,000 people in the city of Colombo are suspected to be infected.

He noted that 80 percent of infected people do not show any symptoms but they are carriers of the disease and that only 5 percent of infected people show symptoms.

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