Sri lanka made a big mistake - GMOA

The GMOA President said that ignoring warnings was a mistake and that Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, the Director of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of the University of Sri Jayawardenapura, had told the media, on 08 April, that there was a new variant spreading in the country.

 

“The danger of this was not conveyed to the public. No restrictions were imposed and this is one of the main reasons why we are facing this situation today.” PCR testing had also been reduced in the run-up to the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, and that had given the people a false sense of safety, Dr. Padeniya said.

 

The Disaster Preparedness and Response Division of the Health Ministry said yesterday that seven percent of PCR tests carried out in the first week of May had returned positive. The percentage of positive cases remained as high as 10.18 after 18,584 PCR tests were conducted on May 3 and 8.59 after conducting 22,379 tests the following day

 

The health authorities had conducted 25,232 PCR tests on May 1, and there had been 1,662 positive cases. Accordingly, the percentage of positive cases was 6.59. The positivity rate increased to 7.26 percent on May 2 after conducting 23,631 tests. The percentage of positive cases remained as high as 10.18 after 18,584