Monday, April 6, 2020

Government To Continue The Curfew In Six Districts Until Further Notice -Curfew In 20 Districts To Be Lifted For 10 Hours On Thursday

Government has yesterday (06)decided
to continue  the island wide curfew imposed  in six districts namely Colombo ,Gampaha, Kalutara, Puttalam Kandy and Jaffna  until further notice as these Districts are being identified as high risk zones of spreading corona virus  .

However the curfew imposed in 20 other Districts  scheduled to be lifted at 6 a.m on Thursday (09) and will be re imposed at 4 p.m. after 10 hours according to the President's Media Division .

The curfew in these Districts had been lifted for 08 hours last morning (06)at 6 a.m. and re imposed at 2 p.m
m in the same evening .However as long queues seen there in front of grocery shops in many Districts even after 2 p.m.,steps had been taken to issue goods for all in the queues it has been reported .

During curfew hours essential services including food supply will be continued without interruption  in all Districts and the public will  receive goods they need to the doorsteps through the home delivery system introduced by government and other private supermarkets it has been announced.

However except food supply services  travel between Districts will be restricted during the curfew hours .Those villages locked down in Colombo, Kalutara and Kandy will remain same .

Meanwhile government has announced this week from Monday to Friday as a week of work from home for Government and Private sector employees.

Public is being advised to  follow  social distancing rules and curfew rules as these are introduced for the benefit of them the Media Division has stared.




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