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With the Govt. on Friday morning announcing that an islandwide curfew would be imposed from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday 6 a.m., there were scenes of panic shopping, queues at petrol sheds and buses packed with commuters, with little heed to the importance of ‘social- distancing’ in the face of the fast-spreading coronavirus. Pix by Indika Handuwala, M.A.Pushpa Kumara, Amila Gamage and Nimalsiri.

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