DG Health Services sets up the wrong criteria for community spread of COVID-19
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If it is to reach the community transmission level, the positive rate would have drastically spiraled parallel to the number of PCR tests. At present, Sri Lanka is not experiencing such a situation.
Daily Mirror | February 10, 2021
Posted on: 12 March, 2021
False
Chief Epidemiologist Samaraweera misclassifies COVID-19 spread in SL
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“If positive cases are reported without the origin, then it can be identified as a community transmission.
Daily Mirror | November 9, 2020
Posted on: 19 December, 2020
False
Pavithra Wanniarachchi makes healthy assessment on Covid-19 community transmission
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…No [COVID-19] patients were reported from the community in the period of close to three weeks that elapsed, because the disease did not spread amongst the community.
Ada Derana | May 20, 2020
Posted on: 3 June, 2020
True