Foreign Employment Bureau will take steps to pay for the PCR tests done at the Airport on expatriate workers who are returning from foreign jobs, Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said.

Plans are afoot to set up Post COVID treatment Centers Islandwide, Indigenous Medicine Promotion, Rural and Ayurveda Hospital Development and Community Health State

Minister Sisira Jayakody.

The Government expects to re-open the country under restrictions with effect from October 1, Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella says.

Measures have been taken to conserve and develop several places of tourist interest with the intention of promoting tourism in the country, Secretary of the Buddhasasana,
Religion and Cultural Affairs Ministry Professor Kapila Gunawardana said.