Senior retired naval officers belonging to the 10^thintake of Officer Cadets handed over a stock of vacuum flasks to the Navy at the Naval Headquarters today (09^th May 2020). These items are expected to be used in programmes which are undertaken by the Navy in view of arresting the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

Another 14 persons who successfully completed their quarantine process at the quarantine centre established at Boossa Naval Base, left for their homes on 08^th and 09^th May 2020.

Five heroic naval persons including the first naval person from Polonnaruwa area and other four naval personnel tested positive to COVID-19 who had been admitted for treatment, being tested negative to COVID-19 by PCR tests, were discharged from the hospitals on 08^th and 09^th May 2020.

In commemoration of the Vesak day which marks the Birth, the Enlightenment and the Passing Away of the Gautama Buddha, Religious observances were fulfilled in the premises of all Naval Bases. During these events, blessings were evoked for rapid recovery of all naval personnel under treatment for COVID-19, Sri Lankans and entire human beings who suffer from the pandemic spread all over the world.

Another 02 naval personnel infected with coronavirus and underwent treatment in hospitals, were discharged from the hospitals being tested negative to COVID-19, on 07^th May 2020.

Hundred and eighteen (118) inmates consists of 98 in Sampoor and 20 in Oluvil Naval quarantine centers who were undergoing quarantine period, left the centers after completion of their quarantine process, on 08^th May 2020.

Three (03) persons who engaged in illegal fishing using banned nets, were apprehended by Navy during a search operation carried out in the seas off Trincomalee harbour, on 07^th May 2020.

Another 02 naval personnel who were admitted to hospital being tested positive to COVID-19, were discharged from the IDH hospital after treatment and tested negative to COVID-19, today (07^th May 2020).

Another 08 naval personnel who were infected COVID-19 at the Welisara Naval Base and admitted to hospitals for treatment, with their full recovery from COVID-19, were discharged from the hospitals on 06^th May 2020.

SL Navy held two persons with diving gear which had been stored without a permit for diving, on a temporary hut built in shallow waters, during a search operation carried out in the sea area off Walaipadu, on 06^th May 2020.