| {"Header": ["\n20 people suspected to have contracted Corona virus tested"], "Time": ["\n01 Feb, 2020\t", "| 10:18 am ", "\n"], "Url": "https://www.newsfirst.lk/2020/02/01/20-people-suspected-to-have-contracted-corona-virus-tested/", "Content": "Colombo (News 1st): The Medical Research Institute said that saliva and blood samples of 20 people suspected of contracting the Coronavirus have been tested. It’s Director Dr Jayaruwan Bandara said that accordingly a Chinese woman who had been infected with the Coronavirus had been identified. The rest were confirmed to be non-infected. Director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Dr Hasitha Attanayake said the condition of the Chinese woman infected with the Coronavirus was not severe. Meanwhile, the Director-General of Health Services Dr Anil Jasinghe said that 23 patients suspected of contracting the Coronavirus are currently receiving treatment at several hospitals."} |