Prez Assures People Protection From Covid-19

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday assured that the people would be protected from the COVID-19 pandemic by mitigating the risk of the virus spreading in the country, until the pandemic is finally wiped out.

- Lahiru Pothmulla

He said the government took successful measures in the wake of the virus outbreak long before many other governments.

According to the President’s Media Division, the President said this when the Task Force on COVID-19 met at the Presidential Secretariat to discuss the current COVID-19 situation in the wake of the positive cases found at the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Centre.

He recalled that there were objections from the residents when planning to set up quarantine centres at the beginning, and those who arrived from Italy and South Korea also objected to being sent to quarantine centres.