<span style="color: #222222;">Sri Lanka government has decided to reimpose curfew in all districts of the country from this evening as COVID cases continue to rise with 27 persons tested positive on Wednesday.<br />'' <br />'' The number of active cases have risen to 506 while 136 have recovered and seven died out of total 649 infections so far.<br />'' <br />'' The positive cases include 226 navy personnel, mostly from Welisara navy camp.<br />'' <br />'' The number of positive cases have doubled over a week, mainly due to spread of infections at the navy camp.<br />'' <br />'' The curfew in 21 low risk districts was relaxed from Tuesday but is being reimposed till Monday in wake of the developing situation.<br />'' <br />'' Curfew in remaining four districts including Colombo is in place continually since 20th of last month.<br />'' <br />'' Meanwhile, &nbsp;Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jaisinghe, said that no predictions can be made regarding the emergence of new COVID-19 clusters or the growth of existing clusters in the country.<br />'' <br />'' In a statement, he said that health officials, as well as intelligence services, are keeping a close watch on the possible contacts of navy personnel.<br />'' <br />'' In related development, Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne has requested the public not to stigmatise tri-Forces personnel, especially the &nbsp;Sri Lanka navy and their families who have been infected while fighting to contain the spread of coronavirus.<br />''<br />''Issuing a statement, he said it is very unfortunate to see how people, whom they tried to protect, have complaint against them when some sailors had gone home on leave.</span><br />
News On AIR | April 30, 2020 9:20 AM
Sri Lanka govt to reimpose curfew in all districts as COVID cases continue to rise