The Kandakadu cadet officer who grew up in Corona is a school teacher in Ratnapura

Three persons from Ratnapura who were affiliated to the Kandakadu Narcotics Rehabilitation Center were diagnosed with Kovid-19 yesterday. One of them is a cadet officer. He is also a teacher at a school in Ratnapura
An employee. Health officials say that the teacher had returned to Ratnapura from the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Center and spent a few days at his home. It is said that this person who is said to be a teacher at Seevali Maha Vidyalaya, Ratnapura has also gone to Aloysius Central College, Ratnapura on office requirements.

He left school on the third Friday in July, just before school, at about 10 a.m., signing that he had received his salary. Authorities have found information that non-academic staff were staying at the school at the time and that neither teachers nor students were staying.

Schools started on Monday, July 6th. However, the Department of Education, including the Health and Security Departments, is taking necessary steps in this regard on the suspicion that there may be close associates of the teacher.

A Ratnapura health official has stated that the principal of the college, no teacher or student has been quarantined so far. Various rumours have been circulating in the area that the teacher, who was a cadet coach, had been associated with PCR while he was in Ratnapura. Steps have been taken to investigate.

The teacher was residing in Ganegoda area near Saman Devalaya in Ratnapura, and his wife and child were also taken to PCR. Has been referred to an investigation.

Residents of the area are disturbed by the rumour that a teacher is infected with Kovid-19 and that there is no need to panic due to the need to identify his close associates and take necessary action.

However, the Ratnapura Public Health Inspectors also requested the residents to follow the health instructions and remain safe.