At A Time When World has Banned Large Gatherings Amidst Corona Pandamic, Colombo International Book Festival Is Going To Be Held As Planned?

As rest of the world has banned large gatherings due to the second wave of Corona virus spread ,organisers of Colombo International Book festival had decided to hold their annual Book exhibition as planned at Bandaranaike Internatonal Conference hall in Colombo -07 from  18- 27 th of  September this year it has been announced .

The Colombo International Book festival is known as a  crowd puller and at this point of time organizng a  large gathering may have created  an unnecessary health problems according to Health circles.

However the organisers of the Book festival Sri lanka Book Publishers Association has stated recently that it will organize this event the 21st edition   according to Corona prevention Health guidelines but did   not announce   the way they have planned to admit public to this event as it is scheduled to be held this time amidst corona pandamic.

According to the World Health Organization Corona virus is not a seasonal virus like other flu viruses and can bounce back at any time .The Organization has last Monday requested the countries to put preassure against the virus as much as they can to curb it .