Over 500 Lankans arrive from Russia, UAE

Two special SriLankan flights carrying 278 Sri Lankans stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and 266 Sri Lankans stranded in Russia due to COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Sri Lanka this morning.

The majority arrived from UAE are said to be expatriate workers while the majority of those arrived from Russia are students.

They were directed to PCR tests on their arrival.