{"id":99891,"date":"2020-03-13T15:40:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T22:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=99891"},"modified":"2020-03-13T15:40:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T22:40:07","slug":"airlines-asked-not-to-bring-passengers-from-south-korea-iran-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/03\/13\/airlines-asked-not-to-bring-passengers-from-south-korea-iran-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines asked not to bring passengers from South Korea, Iran, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy Island<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

* Visas to Europeans suspended<\/strong>
* Lankans coming from Europe to be quarantined<\/strong>
* Universities closed until further notice<\/strong>
* England cricket tour called off<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 13, 2020, 10:12 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sri Lanka, yesterday, (13), informed airlines to immediately stop bringing in passengers from Italy, South Korea and Iran until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) made the request on behalf of the government as it struggled to cope with several hundred Sri Lankans quarantined at the Batticaloa Campus and Kandakadu rehabilitation centre in the East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the government suspended the issuance of visas to Europeans for a period of two weeks, a spokesperson for the Presidential Secretariat said. The official also said that those Sri Lankans returning from Europe too should undergo 14-day quarantine at stipulated locations. Instructions in that regard were issued by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at a meeting at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the meeting chaired by the President, it was also decided to restrict large gatherings of people as well as events as much as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government also announced the closure of Universities for a period of two weeks with immediate effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also declared the countrywide closure of pre-schools until further notice as a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following consultations, the England cricket team\u2019s Sri Lanka tour was also called off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment said that approval wouldn\u2019t be granted to Sri Lankans leaving for overseas employment until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skills Development, Employment and Labour Relations Ministry spokesman Sarath Kalugamage yesterday told\u00a0The Island\u00a0that on the instructions of Minister Dinesh Gunawardena Vocational Training Authority (VTA), Ceylon-German Technical Training Institute (CGTTI), National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA) and Department of Technical Education and Training (DTET) had been closed also for a period of two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power and Energy Ministry announced that instructions were issued yesterday regarding foreign travel by officers of the Power and Energy and Transport Ministries. The ministry said that foreign travel wouldn\u2019t be allowed unless essential (SF)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courtesy Island * Visas to Europeans suspended* Lankans coming from Europe to be quarantined* Universities closed until further notice* England cricket tour called off March 13, 2020, 10:12 pm Sri Lanka, yesterday, (13), informed airlines to immediately stop bringing in passengers from Italy, South Korea and Iran until further notice. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) […]<\/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-99891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99891","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=99891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}