{"id":108314,"date":"2020-11-04T16:12:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T23:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=108314"},"modified":"2020-11-04T16:12:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T23:12:56","slug":"cannot-keep-country-under-lockdown-until-a-cure-is-discovered-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/11\/04\/cannot-keep-country-under-lockdown-until-a-cure-is-discovered-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannot keep country under lockdown until a cure is discovered \u2013 President"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stresses that the country cannot be kept under a lockdown until a cure is discovered for Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a meeting held today (04), the President noted that people should adhere to health guidelines and prepare to continue normal day-to-day life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0d9a\u0ddc\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0da9\u0dca \u0dc4\u0db8\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dda \u0dbb\u0da7 \u0db1\u0ddc\u0dc0\u0dd0\u0dc3\u0dd3\u0db8\u0da7 \u0dc4\u0dda\u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc0 \u0da2\u0db1\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0db4\u0dc4\u0daf\u0dba\u0dd2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PJ9YeJWiwEw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The President pointed out that medical health officers who interact closely with Covid-19 infected individuals are less likely to contract the virus because they follow proper hygiene practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country can function as per usual if the public strictly follow the health guidelines, he stressed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the appeals for a countrywide lockdown, the President explained that people who get by with daily earnings will be affected the most by the move, not those who earn a monthly wage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also pointed out the importance of making correct decisions taking into account every aspect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stresses that the country cannot be kept under a lockdown until a cure is discovered for Covid-19. During a meeting held today (04), the President noted that people should adhere to health guidelines and prepare to continue normal day-to-day life. The President pointed out that medical health officers who interact [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108314","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=108314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}