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Sri Lanka continues mass COVID-19 testing after detecting Delta variant in Colombo

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Colombo, Jun 29 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka continued with mass COVID-19 testing Tuesday following Monday's report of three new COVID-19 patients infected with highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 at a construction site in Colombo.Sri Lanka is currently in the midst of the third wave of the COVID-19 virus pandemic and the number of cases is increasing day by day. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE UNDERGO COVID-19 RAPID ANTIGEN TESTS AT A TEMPORARY TEST FACILITY AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.

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