No countrywide lockdown over the weekend as yet - Army Chief

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Army Chief Lt. General Shavendra Silva yesterday said that they do not intend to impose a countrywide curfew or a lockdown in Colombo city over the weekend, as they did not see any threat to any other areas other than the identified areas as of yesterday.

"We do not intend to impose a curfew in Colombo or any other place other than the identified areas unless there is a massive number coming up from that area, which we do not foresee as of now," Silva told the Daily Mirror last night.

However, he said authorities continue to closely monitor the situation and they urged people not to panic. "However, we request people to be cautious and not relax because as of today, we do not know the extent of how far this has spread. We are doing the contact-tracing," Lt. Gen. Silva said.(JAMILA HUSAIN)

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Today’s Man Friday, 09 October 2020 11:07 AM

As I said, you will definitely go for a lockdown in the end.

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Dee Friday, 09 October 2020 11:35 AM

Thank you Sir. Because it's all whithin 'identified clusters' .

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Michael Ranasinghe Friday, 09 October 2020 01:33 PM

Oh so now you are the chief Virologist .. Don't try to give your two cents on matters that are above your intellect

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Ravi Friday, 09 October 2020 11:42 AM

Let's be positive, nothing should go wrong

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