Dikkovita Fisheries Harbour which had been closed after a fisherman who went to sea from the harbour tested positive for COVID virus has been reopened for business from October 14.
Dikkovita harbour was reopened for business activities after conducting disinfecting procedures under the guidance of health authorities, Janaka Mudalige -General Manager at Dikkovita Fisheries Harbour said.
Over the COVID scare, the health authorities decided to close the harbour and as a result of that the overall activities at the harbour came to a standstill.
To further contain the spread of the virus, PCR tests were conducted on close contacts of the COVID patient , individuals who set out to sea with him on the same multi day trawler and every staff member at the harbour.
Their tests returned a negative result. However, health authorities proceeded to quarantine those individuals for 14 days.
