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3 day holiday extended to private sector

17 Mar 2020

The Government has extended the 3 day public holiday to the private sector. Following growing calls on social media for a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19, the  Government  yesterday  declared a 3-day public holiday from 17th to 19th March. This will apply to all government institutions apart from the health, food supply and transport sectors, as well as the provision of essential services, banks, Government Agents and District Secretariat offices. The decision on any extension to this 3-day holiday will be taken after assessing the situation over the next few days. Sri Lanka currently has 28 confirmed cases of Covid-19 with over 200 people under observation.


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