600 arrivals directed to quarantine

Colombo (News 1st)- A total of 600 people that arrived in the island were taken to the Batticaloa Campus and the Kandakadu Centre to be quarantined. It was reported that among them were passengers who have arrived in Sri Lanka from Italy, Iran and South Korea via Dubai, Qatar, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. The first group consisting of 450 people were transported to the quarantine centers in 17 buses. The remaining group of 150 people is to be transported thereafter.