By Sheain Fernandopulle   

The National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) will no longer be in operation as it has been converted to Operation Centre for Green Agriculture with effect from yesterday.  

According to Army Commander General Shavendra Silva, the NOCPCO disintegrated from pandemic related activities.  

The NOCPCO was established on March 16, 2020 and has been in operation for one year and nine months.  “We as a team have been working tirelessly to control a global pandemic in our country as members of a team, led by the President,” the Army Chief underlined.  

“Strategies and modalities proposed by this group resulted in effective patient management, contact tracing, quarantining as well as vaccination of our entire population,” he stated.