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Mayor urges govt to lock down Colombo City
By Pradeep Prasanna Samarakoon
Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake yesterday (18) has called on the government to lock down Colombo for two or three weeks to arrest the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases from the city.
“All parts of the city from Colombo 1 to Colombo 15 have reported COVID-19 patients and already there have been over 30 deaths, and many experts including doctors have pointed out the need to lock down the city to prevent further spread of the disease,” she told The Island yesterday (18).
Mayor Senanayake said that a few selected areas within the city had been isolated but that was not an effective measure because people kept moving in and out of those areas.
She said that at least five percent of the city’s population numbering around 30,000 might be infected. “More than 200 members of the Municipal Council staff are sick.”
The Mayor said that the CMC had been compelled to recall retired Municipal health workers and to hire medical students to help trace, test and treat patients.
“We urge the government to close the city and prevent buses coming to the city from other areas. Vehicular movement should be stopped immediately. Vehicles including buses continue to move via the routes in isolated areas. So, what is the meaning of isolation if it does not help the spread of the disease? We hope the government will listen to health experts and lock down the city for at least two weeks.”
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188 complaints received in the 24 hours ending 4.30pm on 11th November
The Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Rathnayake said that the EC received 188 complaints during the 24 hours that ended at 4.30pm on Monday 11th November. Of the 188, 187 were of incidents related to the violation of election laws while one was an incident of election related violence.
The EC has received a total of 2999 complaints from 26th September to 11th November 2024 and have investigated and resolved 2353.
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Including this apprehension, the Navy has held 66 Indian fishing boats and 497 Indian fishermen this year, and handed them over to authorities for legal action.
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Showers above 50 mm are likely at some places in Eastern, Central, Uva, Sabaragamuwa, and Southern provinces.
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 November 2024 by the Department of Meteorology
A low-pressure area is likely to form over the south west Bay of Bengal today (12). Under its influence, atmospheric conditions will be favorable for afternoon thundershowers in most parts of the island from 13th November.
Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the morning.
Several spells of showers will occur in Northern Province. Showers or thundershowers may occur at several places elsewhere during the evening or night. Fairly heavy showers above 50 mm are likely at some places in Eastern, Central, Uva, Sabaragamuwa, and Southern provinces.
The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.
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