At the beginning of the current parliament on October 21, 2020, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa made a special statement stating that the situation in Kuliyapitiya was alarming, that the medical units had informed him that the Covid tests had been disrupted and that the corona 19 epidemic was spreading across the country.
However, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi, said that the situation was under control and that when the Leader of the Opposition was in Yala, a second-phase Covid 19 infection could be reported immediately and that she had such a formal system
Although the medical community claimed that Covid 19 was an epidemic, the minister and the government were reluctant to acknowledge it. However, the Leader of the Opposition stated that this was not the case.
Leader of the JVP Anura Kumara Dissanayake requested a debate and it was decided to hold it on October 23.