180 navy personnel in Sri Lanks are among the positive cases affected by COVID including 44 who were confirmed today. Army Commander Shavendra Silva said among the navy personnel affected, 112 are from Welisara camp and 68 are from those on leave.
There are 434 active cases while seven have died and 126 recovered out of 567 infections so far. The number of infections has doubled over the past week with a maximum number of 63 cases reported yesterday.
Meanwhile, seven opposition parties in a joint statement today urged the President to reconvene Parliament assuring responsible cooperation in order to face the COVID challenge effectively.
The statement said the country is faced with an unprecedented national crisis which shows no signs of an early ending.
It said as members of the dissolved Parliament, they are duty-bound to fulfil their obligations to resolve the crisis in a spirit of responsible cooperation and called upon all political parties to transcend partisan agenda and work together for the common good.
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