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Sri Lanka on the verge of community transmission?
-Greater the cluster, sooner it leads to community transmission
At a time where the existing cluster in the country has reached an unexpected degree, reporting over 10,500 cases, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said today, when a cluster expands, it can easily lead to community transmission.
Addressing media, he said community transmission could also be experienced when a large number of cases were reported from a city with a large population like Colombo.
“If positive cases are reported without the origin, then it can be identified as a community transmission. In other words, community transmission takes place when cases are reported with no connection to the existing cluster. As of now, Sri Lanka has not reached a level of community spread,” he underlined.
Moreover, he stressed though cases were reported from different parts of the country, it did not mean that it had gone to a community transmission.
“However, if the authorities fail to monitor the situation and people start to ignore health guidelines, the situation would definitely go out of control resulting in community transmission, he said.
Although the curfew has been lifted, Dr. Samaraweera urged people to abide by the health rules taking into consideration their own health and the wellbeing of the entire country. (Sheain Fernandopulle)
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