COVID-19 Delta variant runs riot in Sri Lanka: Three patients die every one hour

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The situation is so grave in Sri Lanka that three coronavirus-linked deaths are registered every hour. | AsiaNewsNetwork

“The infection is spreading super fast,” they cautioned, while pointing out that the spike in the caseload and the mortality rate reported on a daily basis was due to Delta surfacing as the dominant Covid-19 strain.

Initially detected in the Dematagoda area, the strain has spread rapidly to many other parts of the country bringing in its wake a bigger caseload, which has overwhelmed the country’s health sector. “The frequency of accommodating patients have already been exceeded in Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Kununegala and Puttalam”.The virus is spreading faster than the ongoing inoculation drive, he said, while stressing that the only option to combat the growing threat is to re-impose travel restrictions.

 

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