Chairman of Region Six, David Armogan yesterday confirmed that traffic between Orealla and Siparuta has been placed on hold as the health authorities are working to administer COVID-19 tests in both communities after some positive cases were discovered.
As of yesterday afternoon, Region Six had recorded 147 cases of the virus with a total of five deaths.
During a virtual press conference, Armogan said that there were likely over 30 active cases while the results for 73 samples were still pending.