Journalists who attended cabinet briefing instructed to self- qurantine

October 16, 2020 at 2:26 PM

Journalists who had attended a press briefing at the Government Information Department on Tuesday (13) have been requested to self-isolate.

Issuing a statement, Director General of the Department Nalaka Kaluwewa said that it is suspected that a journalist who attended the media briefing may have contracted the coronavirus.

An investigation is currently underway to ascertain if the journalist had contracted the virus or not, he added. (NewsWire)