Four passengers test COVID-19 positive in Kandy-bound buses

Four passengers were found COVID-19 positive when Rapid Antigen tests performed on them while travelling in passenger buses at Danovita on the Colombo-Kandy Road yesterday, Mirigama Public Health Inspector (PHI) Nishantha Somaratne said today.

He said 250 passengers were tested on Tuesday, and four of them were found COVID-19 positive.

They are residents of Dodangaslanda, Giriulla, Beruwala and Nelundeniya.

The buses in which the infected had travelled were disinfected and the infected were taken to hospital.(Pushpakumara Mallawaarachchi)