Covid-19: Over 90 Indian factory workers in Sri Lanka test positive
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COLOMBO : Ninety two Indian workers at an iron works factory in Sri Lanka tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, health officials said.
The Indians were among the 128 workers at the factory in Colombo north suburb of Wattala who were found to have contracted the virus.
They have been put under quarantine. The factory, which has a total of 194 workers, has been closed temporarily, a report in the Newscenter.lk said.
Those who have tested negative have been put under quarantine in the factory premises, the report said. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka on Monday ended its COVID-19 lockdown by lifting travel restrictions, amid concerns by health officials who insisted that it must be continued in view of the raging third wave.
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