Beware Of A Possible Second Wave - Ranil

Potential risk of second wave if health guidelines are ignored

- Yohan Perera

Sri Lanka should be prepared to face a possible second wave of COVID-19 pandemic without delay, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

Speaking during a gathering at UNP Headquarters Sirikotha yesterday, Mr. Wickremesinghe said the government did not seem to have focused on it.

“President Gotabaya Rajapaksa took several steps to control the first wave of COVID-19. UNP also came up with some proposals which were accepted by the government. The pandemic was successfully controlled due to this reason. Some accused us of getting into deals with the government. We only intervened on behalf of the people,” Mr. Wickremesinghe said.