Minister of Water Supply Vasudeva Nanayakkara tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday after PCR tests were conducted on a number of MPs. The Speaker’s Office said Minister Nanayakkara was among direct contacts of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) MP Rauff Hakeem, who recently tested positive. State Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday and on
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Colombo (News 1st); Authorities are tracing the parliamentary contacts of COVID-19 infected MP Rauff Hakeem, said the Sri Lankan Parliament on Sunday (10).
Sergeant-at-Arms Narendra Fernando confirmed MP Hakeem had visited the Parliament on two separate says last week.
MP Hakeem had entered Parliament on the 05th of January and had reached the Parliamentary gates on a later date and turned back, confirmed Fernando.
Accordingly CCTV cameras will be used to track the movements of MP Hakeem and identify the MPs, Ministers as well as Parliamentary staff who were in close contact with him.
Further, CCTV footage will be used to observe if the opposition MPs seated close to MP Hakeem in the Parliament Chamber had followed the necessary health precautions.