By Sarah Hannan
The Ministry of Health is to publish the long-awaited gazette listing the Covid-19 prevention health guidelines today (13).
“The penalty for violating the health regulations will be a Rs. 10,000 fine or a six-month jail sentence, or both, depending on the gravity of the rule breaking,” Minister of Health Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi explained.
Schools reopened for all grades on 10 August after the Ministry of Health was able to assure that there was no Covid-19 community spread taking place. Schools were to follow special health and safety guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus.
It was on 17 July that the Covid-19 health guidelines for the parliamentary election gazette had been issued in accordance with the Covid-19 (Elections) Regulations that were prepared by the Minister of Health and Indigenous Medical Services under Sections 2 and 3 of the Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance (Chapter 222), for which the Attorney General’s Department had given approval on 1 July. The health guidelines were finalised on the third week of June.
The Ministry of Health on 27 May issued instructions for selected public activities or work settings of 46 social or work settings, for the prevention and control of Covid-19 as the country eased into commencing its economic activities.
To ease the country into normalcy, work resumed islandwide on 11 May under strict conditions. With the exception of the Colombo and Gampaha Districts, the curfew in all other 23 districts were lifted at 5 a.m. and re-imposed at 8 p.m. daily.
The workforce returning to their offices were allowed to commute even amidst the curfew that was in place in the Colombo and Gampaha Districts, subject to several conditions.Covid-19 prevention health guidelines gazette to be published today
13 Oct 2020
Covid-19 prevention health guidelines gazette to be published today
13 Oct 2020
By Sarah Hannan
The Ministry of Health is to publish the long-awaited gazette listing the Covid-19 prevention health guidelines today (13).
“The penalty for violating the health regulations will be a Rs. 10,000 fine or a six-month jail sentence, or both, depending on the gravity of the rule breaking,” Minister of Health Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi explained.
Schools reopened for all grades on 10 August after the Ministry of Health was able to assure that there was no Covid-19 community spread taking place. Schools were to follow special health and safety guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus.
It was on 17 July that the Covid-19 health guidelines for the parliamentary election gazette had been issued in accordance with the Covid-19 (Elections) Regulations that were prepared by the Minister of Health and Indigenous Medical Services under Sections 2 and 3 of the Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance (Chapter 222), for which the Attorney General’s Department had given approval on 1 July. The health guidelines were finalised on the third week of June.
The Ministry of Health on 27 May issued instructions for selected public activities or work settings of 46 social or work settings, for the prevention and control of Covid-19 as the country eased into commencing its economic activities.
To ease the country into normalcy, work resumed islandwide on 11 May under strict conditions. With the exception of the Colombo and Gampaha Districts, the curfew in all other 23 districts were lifted at 5 a.m. and re-imposed at 8 p.m. daily.
The workforce returning to their offices were allowed to commute even amidst the curfew that was in place in the Colombo and Gampaha Districts, subject to several conditions.Kapruka
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