Army officers appointed to 25 districts to coordinate Covid-19 control measures

The government has decided to appoint senior army officers to coordinate COVID-19 control measures., the Army said in a statement.

"Considering the urgent need for enhanced island-wide coordination for COVID-19 control work, the Presidential Secretariat on the recommendation of General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army and Head of the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID -19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), has appointed 25 Senior Army Officers for all districts, effective from 01 January 2021," the statement said.

Adding significance to those new responsibilities on the very day he was felicitated at the Army Headquarters upon his promotion, General Shavendra Silva awarded those letters of appointment for those 25 Chief Coordinating Officers in all districts this morning (31).

Accordingly, the new office of those Chief Coordinating Officers would facilitate smooth conduct of district-wise Quarantine Centres, Transportation of Individuals for Quarantining and Treatment, Supply of Medicine, Equipment, Dry-rations and other Essentials and all other technical requirements as and when deemed necessary.

The senior Army officers who have been appointed as chief coordinators for the 25 districts are as follows.

Northern Province

1. Major General W G H A S Bandara - Jaffna
2. Major General K N S Kotuwegoda - Kilinochchi
3. Major General R M P J Rathnayaka - Mullaitivu
4. Major General W L P W Perera - Vavuniya
5. Major General A A I J Bandara - Mannar

North Central Province

6. Major General J C Gamage - Polonnaruwa
7. Major General H L V M Liyanage - Anuradhapura

North Western Province

8. Major General A P I Fernando - Puttalam
9. Brigadier P M R H S K Herath - Kurunegala

Western Province

10. Major General K W R de Abrew - Colombo
11. Major General N R Lamahewage - Gampaha
12. Brigadier K N D Karunapala - Kalutara

Central Province

13. Major General H P N K Jayapathirane - Nuwara Eliya
14. Major General S M S P B Samarakoon - Kandy
15. Major General S U M N Manage - Matale

Sabarammuwa Province

16. Brigadier J M R N K Jayamanna - Ratnapura
17. Brigadier L A J L B Udowita - Kegalle

Eastern Province

18. Major General C D Weerasuriya - Trincomalee
19. Major General T D Weerakoon - Ampara
20. Major General C D Ranasinghe - Batticaloa

Uva Province

21. Brigadier E A P Ediriweera - Badulla
22. Colonel D U N Serasinghe - Monaragala

Southern Province

23. Major General D M H D Bandara - Hambantota
24. Major General W A S S Wanasinghe - Galle
25. Colonel K A U Kodituwakku - Matara