The National Medicines Regulatory Authority has requested all retail pharmacies have been requested to refrain from selling Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine without a valid prescription from a Specialist Medical Officer.

The embarkation and disembarkation of onboard security teams of merchant's vessels take place in accordance with a mutually agreed procedure by Navy, local agents of merchant's vessels and Sri Lanka Ports Authority under the careful supervision of Sri Lanka Navy.

The Election Commission will select a date fourteen days from the 30th of April 2020 as the day for the poll and the Gazette notification publicizing this date would be issued by the Election Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya. The official gazette notification on the has been issued yesterday (21).

The Sri Lankan government has banned all passenger flights and ships into the country with the aim of preventing the Coronavirus from entering the country.