COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
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The COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed in Sri Lanka on 27 January 2020, after a 44-year-old Chinese woman from Hubei Province in China was admitted to the National Institute of Infection Diseases.[3]
COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka | |
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Disease | COVID-19 (coronavirus) |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | ![]() |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Colombo |
Date | 27 January 2020 – ongoing (4 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) |
Confirmed cases | 915[1][2] |
Recovered | 382[1] |
Deaths | 9[1] |
Government website | |
epid.gov.lk |
As of 13 May 2020, 889 confirmed cases were reported in the country with 9 deaths.[4] On 3 March 2020, the first reported case involving a Sri Lankan origin outside Sri Lanka was reported in Italy.
By 23 March, forty-five quarantine centers had been built in the country by the Sri Lanka Army.[5] Nearly 3,500 people were under quarantine in 45 quarantine centers which also included 31 foreigners from 14 countries.[6]
By 25 March 2020, Sri Lankan authorities tracked down over 14,000 people who had contacted the identified patients and had ordered self-quarantine for such people.[7]
As of 16 April 2020, Sri Lanka was named as 16th high risk country prone to virus pandemic.[8] Sri Lanka was ranked 9th best country in the world for its successful immediate response on tackling the virus.[9]