Accordingly, the holiday will be in effect from tomorrow (17) until Thursday (19), the government announced.

However, the government notified that this cannot be regarded as a public holiday.

This special three-day holiday will be effective for departments, corporations and state institutions excluding health, food supply, transport, essential services, banking, District
Secretariats and Divisional Secretariats.

The government had requested the private sector to also grant the three-day holiday. The government declared Monday (16) a public holiday due to the rise in the number of
Covid-19 patients over the weekend.

A decision on extending the holiday is to be considered after monitoring the spread of the Covid-19 virus.