Sri Lanka orders closure of bars and restaurants after surge in COVID-19 cases

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Authorities in Sri Lanka have ordered closure of bars, restaurants, casis, nightclubs and spas due to rapidly growing COVID-19 cases. anuncement was me on Friday, October 9 while Sri Lankan authorities were trying to contain a growing cluster of new COVID-19 infections. new cluster is country’s first locally transmitted COVID case in two months and centres around a garment factory in densely populated Western province.

Growing COVID cluster cause concerns

According to an AP reports, first COVID-19 patient in this new cluster is a garment worker at factory, and since being discovered cluster size has grown to encompass over 1,000 cases with 2,000 asked to quarantine mselves. Most of those infected are co-workers of originally infected worker.

In response to surging virus cases, Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry closed consular affairs office for week and suspended all services to prevent public from congregating. ministry also anunced that it would only be accepting queries and documentation regarding deaths of Sri Lankans overseas, this also would be done only through strict appointments.

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Authorities have even imposed a curfew in neighbourhoods where many of infected workers live, y have also ordered closure of schools and key public offices in area. Restrictions have been placed on public garings as well as transportation in an effort to stop spre of virus. As per John Hopkins Coronavirus resource centre, Sri Lanka has reported more than 4,000 positive virus cases and currently has a death toll of 13. More than 3,200 people have recovered from virus in Sri Lanka.

COVID-19 pandemic which saw its first outbreak in a wet market in Wuhan, China last year has w spre all across world. virus, named COVID-19 by World Health Organisation, has infected over 36 million people worldwide with global death toll crossing 1,000,000. US has reported more than 7.6 million positive COVID-19 cases and a death toll of over 210,000.

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(With AP inputs, Im: AP)