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Sunday- Monday all-island curfew to be lifted on Tuesday in all districts except Colombo, Gampaha
The curfew effective on Sunday and Monday throughout the island will be lifted on Tuesday morning, in all districts, excluding Colombo and Gampaha.
The curfew lifted in districts other than Gampaha and Colombo will be reimposed at 8 p.m. on the same day. Curfew will be imposed and lifted at the same times (8 p.m. to 5 a.m.) in these districts throughout the week.
In Colombo and Gampaha districts the curfew will continue while trying to restore normalcy in a similar manner as last week.
Meanwhile the Sunday Times learns that authorities were considering relaxing curfew hours in the Colombo and Gampaha districts from the first week of June, if there is no community spreading reported.
The number of COVID 19 cases in Sri Lanka was at 1055 by Friday morning while over 600 have recovered. The number of persons who succumbed to COVID19 remained at nine.