Sri Lanka announced a 10-day lockdown starting on Friday night in an effort to curb the spread of thecoronavirus, assurging infections and deaths overwhelm the island's health system.
The Indian Ocean nation recorded its highest single-day death toll of 187 and 3,793 cases on Wednesday.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa met with members of the presidential task force on coronavirus and was expected to address the nation on Friday evening. Daily infections have more than doubled in a month to an average of 3,897, according to the Reuters Global COVID tracker. "If they listen to us it will be good for our leaders and for the country," said lawmaker Tissa Witarana, a supporter of a strict national lockdown, before the health minister's announcement.
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