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General election: Health guidelines to be finalised

02 Jun 2020

The formulation of health guidelines for the upcoming general election are to be finalised in the next two weeks, The Morning learnt. Ministry of Health Environment, Occupational Health, and Food Safety Unit Deputy Director General Dr. Lakshman Gamlath said that the final draft was currently being amended. “We are having meetings with all the relevant parties involved in the election process. Last week, we had discussions with the Police and are making amendments to the draft, following the observations,” he said. He said the final draft would be completed as soon as possible. “We hope that within the next two weeks we can conclude; maybe even before that. It all depends on how the meetings go and how the amendments need to be done,” he said. He noted that some exercises such as a mock drill on the implementation of the guidelines may not be carried out due to time constraints. Dr. Gamlath has been tasked with formulating the Health Ministry guidelines for the parliamentary election, in consultation with the Election Commission (EC) and other connected groups. By Skandha Gunasekara


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