Measures have been taken to provide all Samurdhi families Rs. 10,000 and currently all officers are engaged in granting the advance to the Samurdhi recipients, the Samurdhi Development Department Director General Bandulal Tillakasiri said at a media briefing held at the Government Information Department yesterday (30).

The Police had arrested 173 persons during the six hour period from 12.00 noon to 6.00 pm yesterday (30) for violating curfew regulations, the Police Media Unit stated.

The second victim among the Coronavirus infected patients was reported from the Negombo Hospital a short while ago, said the Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe confirmed.

By 4.30 pm today (30) 122 persons have tested positive for the Coronavirus in Sri Lanka.