Another crucial meeting will held this morning between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Presidential Task Force on Prevention of COVID-19 to decide if travel restrictions will be imposed over the weekend to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The meeting will take place after the country recorded it's highest ever daily COVID-19 deaths on August 11. Also the daily COVID-19 cases surpassed the 3,000 mark on Thursday after a few weeks. The Army Commander said though experts had made statements to media over a lockdown, not a single formal request had been made to the COVID-19 Task Force. The previous meeting held with the President and the Covid-19 Task Force had taken several decisions to prevent the spread of the virus.

Source: The Nation August 12, 2021 18:45 UTC