The curfew in three police areas in the Gampaha district is continuing as authorities continued to trace those who may have come into contact with the garment factory employee infected with Coronavirus.
As many as 7,000 persons including persons from the garment factory, those who had associated with the family of the garment factory employee and their families have been put on a 14-day quarantine. Among those put on quarantine are 400 garment factory employees.
The curfew is effective in the Minuwangoda, Divulapitiya and Weyangoda areas.
At least 10 persons who violated the curfew were arrested overnight.
Army Commander Shavendra Silva who is also the Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak called for the strict enforcement of precautions to prevent spread of Coronavirus after the detection of a COVID-19 patient from the society after nearly five months.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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