President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed the relevant authorities to consider the possibility of granting relief measures to those in prison for being unable to fulfil their bail conditions over minor offences.

Issuing a statement, the President’s Media Division noted that the  Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara districts have been identified as high-risk zones with regard to the spread of Covid-19.

With the confirming of four more Coronavirus positive cases today (24) the total number of infected persons in the country (including the Chinese national who was initially tested positive) has risen to 101.

The curfew which was lifted at 6.00 am today (24) in the Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Puttalam, Mannar, Vavuniya, Mulaithivu, Killinochchi and Jaffna was re-imposed at 2.00 pm.