Sri Lanka to ease coronavirus restrictions from May 26

Sri Lanka will ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions from May 26, limiting curfew hours from 10.00 pm to 4.00 am among or relaxations.

curfew will be lifted during day across country, including hot-spot districts of Colombo and Gampaha, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's said in a statement. two districts were identified as coronavirus hot-spots and placed under round--clock curfew since March 20.

Inter-district movement will be permitted from Tuesday, except to Colombo and Gamapaha. Though curfew will be lifted during day, social-distancing and or practices to check spre of COVID-19 will be implemented strictly, officials said.

coronavirus has claimed nine lives in island nation with 1,068 confirmed cases. This is second round of curfew relaxations in island-nation after certain changes were effected on May 11 to revive ecomic activity, as part of which employees of state and public sector companies were allowed to travel to work.

Senior police official Ajith Rohana said curfew will be strictly enforced on Sunday and Monday. Id will held in Sri Lanka on Monday. "re will be over 900 roblocks during curfew on both days," Rohana said.