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Sri Lanka has conducted over 137,000 PCR tests. The country has been mainly concentrating on snow-ball sampling by identifying the hotspots or high-risk areas than depending on a simple random sampling. 6,400 PCR tests have been performed by Sri Lanka per 1 million population, while South Korea who held the election in April has conducted 28,700 tests per 1 M population. Vietnam which has not recorded any COVID19 death and contained the spreading of the virus has conducted 2,800 test per 1M population.