{"id":107969,"date":"2020-10-24T13:44:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T20:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=107969"},"modified":"2020-10-24T13:44:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T20:44:35","slug":"sri-lanka-closes-harbours-after-spike-in-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/10\/24\/sri-lanka-closes-harbours-after-spike-in-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka closes harbours after spike in COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy CNA<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>COLOMBO: Authorities in Sri Lanka on Saturday (Oct 24) closed at least two fishery harbours and many stalls after a surge of 609 cases linked to the country\u2019s main fish market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government also widened the curfew in parts of Colombo. At least 11 villages were isolated in the densely populated Western province, which includes the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health authorities on Wednesday temporarily&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/asia\/sri-lanka-covid-19-curfew-expanded-fish-market-closed-13338738\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">closed the fish market<\/a>&nbsp;on Colombo\u2019s outskirts after 49 traders tested positive for the coronavirus. By Saturday, the number of cases went up to 609.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of traders and fishermen are being tested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities say the outbreak is related to a cluster in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/asia\/sri-lanka-covid-19-cases-infections-13210784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">garment factory<\/a>&nbsp;early this month, which has grown to 3,426 cases, almost half the country\u2019s total of 6,287. It broke a two-month lull in infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several thousand people have been asked to quarantine at home. Schools and key public offices are closed,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/asia\/covid-19-sri-lanka-bans-public-gatherings-amid-sharp-rise-13218378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gatherings banned<\/a>&nbsp;and restrictions imposed on public transport.Advertisement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe width=\"300\" height=\"600\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka has had 14 deaths since March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy CNA COLOMBO: Authorities in Sri Lanka on Saturday (Oct 24) closed at least two fishery harbours and many stalls after a surge of 609 cases linked to the country\u2019s main fish market. The government also widened the curfew in parts of Colombo. At least 11 villages were isolated in the densely populated Western province, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}