State Minister Nishantha tests positive for Covid
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Jan 18, 2021 11:30
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State Minister of Women and Child Development, Pre-School & Primary Education, School Infrastructure & Education Services Piyal Nishantha has become the fourth Parliamentarian to test positive for Covid 19. Publishing a post on his official Facebook page, the State Minister said he has been infected with the virus and added that he would follow the instructions given by the health authorities.
Nishantha accompanied President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and several Ministers and State Ministers during the opening of the Ferentino Tire factory in Horana on Thursday.
Ministers Rohitha Abeygunawardena, Ramesh Pathirana, Mahinda Amaraweera, Wimal Weerawansa, State Minister Kanaka Herath and Defence Secretary, Gen.(Retd) Kamal Gunaratne were also among those present at the opening ceremony. It is not known whether he was Covid positive at the time.
Meanwhile, State Minister Piyal Nishantha was also one of those parliamentarians who experimented and took a sip of the syrup introduced by Dhammika Bandara in the Kegalle district when the potion was presented at the Parliamentary complex on December 10, 2020, and the syrup that claimed to cure COVID-19. Bandara was interviewed by Derana last month where he was allowed to make the claim that anyone who consumes his potion three times would be protected from the Covid virus for life.
As of today, 4 parliamentarians have tested positive for Covid 19, they are MPs Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Dayasiri Jayasekara and Rauff Hakeem.
