27 January, 2021
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Arundika Fernando tested positive for Covid-19.
He is the State Minister of Coconut, Kithul and Palmyrah Cultivation Promotion and Related Industrial Product Manufacturing and Export Diversification.
Minister Fernando becomes the 7th Member of Parliament to be infected after Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera, Parliamentarian Rauff Hakeem, State Minister Piyal Nishantha, Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi and Parliamentarian Wasantha Yapabandara.