Plans to impose islandwide lockdown?
Posted on August 19th, 2021
Courtesy Hiru News
It is reported that there are plans to impose an islandwide complete lockdown to curb the rapidly spreading Covid-19 pandemic.
The government is being pressured by various parties including the Chief Prelates of the Asgiriya and Malwaththa Chapters to impose a lockdown for a short period of time.
More than 25 cities on the island have voluntarily imposed lockdown.
Meanwhile, sources close to the Presidential Secretariat stated that the President is most likely to address the nation tomorrow (20).
The sources further stated that the President is scheduled to make a statement on how the lockdown will be imposed in the country according to the quarantine law.
Meanwhile, a six-hour curfew is in effect in the country every day from 10:00 p.m. to 04:00 a.m.