MAS employee in Mahiyanganaya dies of suspected COVID

The management of MAS yesterday announced the demise of one of its team members who recently tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. 

Employed at Shadeline in Mahiyanganaya, she tested positive for COVID-19 on 5 February and was quarantined at the Health Ministry-run Kahagolla Care Centre in Diyatalawa. After being duly cleared and discharged from the 10-day quarantine and returning home for the additional four days of self-quarantine, she admitted herself to the General Hospital in Badulla on 16 February, reporting a difficulty in breathing and subsequently passed away at the hospital.

At the time of this release, the official cause of death is yet to be formally confirmed by the medical authorities after the post-mortem.

“The management of Shadeline will be supporting her family during this time and asks that their privacy is respected. Respecting this, no further personal details of the employee or the family will be released to the public by MAS,” a statement from the Company said. 

It also said as at date, over 500 Shadeline employees who tested positive have since recovered, and are progressively returning to work after completing their quarantine periods. Local health authorities and MAS have worked together in coordinating the response to the COVID-19 outbreak in the area and have jointly implemented the agreed test, trace and preventative protocols accordingly.