Hundreds of coronavirus cases linked by Sri Lanka to garment factory

A Sri Lankan woman covers her face (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)

Sri Lanka has confirmed a cluster of more than 300 garment factory workers infected with coronavirus, days after reporting its first community infection in two months.

The health ministry said all 321 people infected are co-workers of the first patient, who was diagnosed at a hospital two days ago and was from the densely populated Western province.