The government has decided to extend the travel restrictions until the 07th of June to contain the current Covid situation. The decision was taken at a meeting with the Special Committee on COVID-19 chaired by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (24). Travel restrictions will be relaxed from 4.00 am to 11.00 pm tomorrow (25). Accordingly, only a few selected retail outlets, pharmacies, fish, meat and vegetable shops, bakery outlets and fuel stations will be opened tomorrow (25). On the days the restrictions are relaxed, only one person from each household will be allowed to go to the nearest store to purchase essential items.
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Lankan economy on the road to recovery Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
The World Bank yesterday said that Sri Lanka’s economy is on the road to recovery in the aftermath of worst downturn on record last year.
“The World Bank stands ready to support the Sri Lankan Government as it strives to protect its people from the pandemic, while addressing the vulnerabilities in the macro-fiscal environment,” said World Bank Country Director for Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka Faris H. Hadad-Zervos on Sunday following a visit to Sri Lanka.
Faris H. Hadad-Zervos during his visit reiterated the World Bank’s commitment to support Sri Lanka’s efforts towards recovery and to build back better from the COVID-19 shock.