COVID-19: Sri Lanka tightens guidelines with night curfews

Sri Lanka on Sunday further tightened health guidelines by imposing night curfews in a bid to arrest the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

The night curfew will be effective from 10 PM to 4 AM from August 16 until further notice, said Army Commander Shavendra Silva, the head of the national operations center for COVID-19 prevention.

The authorities have also banned all public gatherings.

Weddings at homes and reception halls would be banned from August 17. Restaurants would function with only at a 50 per cent capacity. Earlier, the government had reduced the number of guests invited for wedding receptions.

The move came as the government ignored medical professionals’ advice to order a total lockdown.

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