Over 90 Indian factory workers in Sri Lanka test COVID positive

Over 90 Indian workers at an ironworks factory in Sri Lanka tested positive for COVID-19 this week.

The Indians were among the around 120 workers at the factory in Colombo north suburb of Wattala who were found to have contracted the virus.

They have been put under quarantine. Public Health Inspectors Union Secretary Mahendra Balasuriya said some 192 employees were administered PCR tests and a majority of them were Indian workers.

Some 30 employees who were found to be infected have been transferred to a treatment facility.

Balasuriya added that samples of the infected employees have been collected to verify if they have contracted the Delta variant as it is highly contagious. The Delta variant has already been detected in two areas in Colombo.