It's Baffling How Nations Respond To Covid -19

Some states in America have declared golf, guns and ganja (marijuana) as essentialsSome human rights groups have warned governments that they shouldn’t invade into the privacy of individuals when tracking the CoronavirusHe alleges COVID 19 was designed by China to be used as a biological weapon

- Ravi Nagahawatte

All the efforts taken by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to combat the COVID-19 pandemic have come in for praise except for the efforts taken to discipline some of the lawbreakers.

The pandemic has exposed some of the various ways in which people and Governments around the world have responded to the crisis. Sri Lankans have been told to remain indoors and that essentials will be delivered to their doorsteps. Some states in America have declared golf, guns and ganja (marijuana) as essentials. In many places in Great Britain booze has been included in the list of essentials. And some human rights groups have warned governments that they shouldn’t invade into the privacy of individuals when tracking the Coronavirus. These groups, also Including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, and numbering 110 such organisations, have laid out eight conditions for governments when setting about the task of controlling the virus; especially when using surveillance technology in combat programs.

In Sri Lanka a thief returned to his mode of generatng income. During an unsuccessful attempt at stealing valuables from a house in Bopitiya he was nabbed by neighbors.

Ten policemen who went to arrest the thief were in for double trouble because they were forced to go into quarantine after the thief was tested positive for contracting the virus.