Another tourist who arrived under the Sandbox programme was found infected with Covid-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total to seven, provincial public health chief Kusak Kukiatikoon said on Wednesday.
Dr Kusak said the seventh case is a woman from South Africa, the friend of a South African man earlier found to be infected with the virus.
The seven infections to date are: a man from the United Arab Emirates, three female tourists from Myanmar, a man and a woman from South Africa, and a man from Switzerland.
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