Two construction workers suspected to have contracted Delta variant

30 June 2021 08:46 am Views - 122

• They are close contacts of the first Delta infected patient  
• All workers at the construction site ordered to be isolated

By Yohan Perera  

Two construction workers attached to a building site in Slave Island who happened to be close associates of the first person who was found infected with Delta variant of COVID-19 are suspected to have been infected with the same variant, Chief Medical Officer Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Dr. Ruwan Wijayamuni said yesterday.   

Dr.Wijayamuni told the Daily Mirror that these two workers have already been tested and the results are due soon. “We could confirm that these two persons are infected with the same variant, only once the results come,” he said.   
He said the two workers were found to be COVID-19 positive.  

“We have ordered all the workers in the construction site to be isolated,” he said.