President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to address nation today
Posted by Editor on March 17, 2020 - 8:55 am
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will address the nation at 8.00 pm today (17) to deliver a statement on the prevailing pandemic situation in the country, President Media Division said.
Sri Lanka has diagnosed a total of 28 positive coronavirus cases within 6 days. The first Sri Lankan coronavirus patient in the island was identified on March 11.
The government has taken a number of precautionary measures to curb the spread of the virus in the country, including a special public holiday from March 17 to 19, which was declared midnight yesterday. This three-day holiday was also made also applicable to the private sector.
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