Kalubowila Hospital ward closes after patient tests positive for COVID-19

Kalubowila Hospital ward closes after patient tests positive for COVID-19

A ward at the Colombo South Teaching Hospital (Kalubowila Hospital) has been closed off completely after a patient tested positive for COVID-19. The patient is a 60-year-old from Moratuwa area.

Accordingly, the other patients who were being treated at the relevant ward and its staff have been directed to a 14-day quarantine process.

The patients will be transferred to the Homagama Base Hospital while the ward’s staff is to be quarantined at the Teacher Training College in Maharagama.