Two returnees from the United Kingdom are among the six arrivals who were detected with the coronavirus over the last 24-hours ending at 06am today.
The United Kingdom has reported a new variant of the coronavirus in the past few weeks.
Authorities are yet to comment on whether these 2 patients have contracted the new variant of COVID-19 or not.
Last week, Sri Lanka took measures to suspend all flights arriving from the UK and also prohibited UK passengers from transiting in Sri Lanka.
The Covid Task Force said a Sri Lankan flight had already been dispatched to the Uk to repatriate Sri Lankans at the time of taking a decision to ban flights from the UK.
Head of the Task Force Army Commander Lt. Gen Shavendra Silva said passengers and crew of a flight that had arrived from the UK on last Wednesday have been quarantined together at a separate hotel.
The cabinet of Ministers too recently told reporters that Sri Lanka is on alert on the new strain of COVID-19 spreading in the UK and Europe. (NewsWire)