Colombo (News 1st) – The Health Ministry says a 43-year-old Chinese woman hospitalized in Sri Lanka has tested positive for the coronavirus.

The Chinese national had arrived in Sri Lanka from the Hubei province in China.

She had been admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) on the 25th of this month according to Director of the Epidemiology unit Dr. Sudath Samaraweera.