{"id":85429,"date":"2020-10-08T21:35:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T18:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sri-lanka-bans-public-gatherings-amid-sharp-rise\/"},"modified":"2020-10-08T21:35:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T18:35:30","slug":"sri-lanka-bans-public-gatherings-amid-sharp-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sri-lanka-bans-public-gatherings-amid-sharp-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sri Lanka bans public gatherings amid sharp rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Sri Lanka bans public gatherings amid sharp rise<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n COLOMBO, Sri Lanka \u2014 Sri Lankan authorities have banned all public gatherings as a new cluster of COVID-19 expands in the Indian Ocean island nation.<\/p>\n

Health authorities said Wednesday the outbreak centered at a garment factory has risen to 1,022 confirmed infections while 1,500 people have been asked to quarantine at their homes.<\/p>\n

The health ministry ordered the public not to conduct public gatherings such as exhibitions, parties, conferences, indoor or outdoor events, carnivals, musical shows and processions.<\/p>\n

The majority of the infected people are co-workers at a garment factory. The government has also widened a curfew in two suburbs of Colombo where many of the patients live. It earlier closed schools and universities and imposed restrictions on public transport.<\/p>\n

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Employees of Colombo municipal council crowd around a table to give their swab samples to test for COVID-19 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The country has reported 4,252 patients with 13 deaths. Of the total patients, 3,274 have recovered.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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