Colombo: Sri Lanka Will end your covid-19 lockdown came into force on 1 October last month, Health Minister Kehelia Rambukwella said on Wednesday, even as medical professionals warned against unrestricted reopening of the country.
The lockdown was imposed on August 20 after the spike in COVID-19 He said cases would be taken up on October 1 at 4 am (local time) and new guidelines aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus would be announced.
“These conditions, to be announced by the health authorities, will be imposed to minimize the movement of people and contain the spread of the virus,” Rambukwela said.
came as an announcement Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) warned that an unrestricted reopening of the country would lead to a resumption of broadcasting.
“As the current number of cases is high, this is likely to result in a faster rise in cases than ever before, despite high vaccine coverage,” the SLMA said in a statement.
After weeks of persuasion by medical professionals, the government decided to lift the lockdown in mid-August after health facilities came under pressure due to the raging third wave of COVID-19. global pandemic.
The Covid-19 death toll, which stood at less than 1,000 by the end of April, rose to nearly 13,000 by Tuesday.
Health officials have said that the daily number of Covid-19 cases has come down which had crossed the 2,000-mark.
There were more than 900 new infections on Tuesday, with 55 deaths confirmed on Monday, a decline from the more than 2,000 daily cases recorded mostly in August.
The lockdown was imposed on August 20 after the spike in COVID-19 He said cases would be taken up on October 1 at 4 am (local time) and new guidelines aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus would be announced.
“These conditions, to be announced by the health authorities, will be imposed to minimize the movement of people and contain the spread of the virus,” Rambukwela said.
came as an announcement Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) warned that an unrestricted reopening of the country would lead to a resumption of broadcasting.
“As the current number of cases is high, this is likely to result in a faster rise in cases than ever before, despite high vaccine coverage,” the SLMA said in a statement.
After weeks of persuasion by medical professionals, the government decided to lift the lockdown in mid-August after health facilities came under pressure due to the raging third wave of COVID-19. global pandemic.
The Covid-19 death toll, which stood at less than 1,000 by the end of April, rose to nearly 13,000 by Tuesday.
Health officials have said that the daily number of Covid-19 cases has come down which had crossed the 2,000-mark.
There were more than 900 new infections on Tuesday, with 55 deaths confirmed on Monday, a decline from the more than 2,000 daily cases recorded mostly in August.
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