COLOMBO : Oppsition Leader Sajith Premadas has called for a seven-day lockdown of the country due to the rising number of Covid cases in the island.
In a message, Premadasa said that people are worried about the worsening pandemic situation and a lockdown will help the government to curb the rising incidence of Covid victims and cases.
President of the PHI’s Union of Sri Lanka, Upul Rohana said that they will no longer urge the government to impose travel restrictions as previous requests have been ignore
“For a few days now, 3000+ daily infections are being reported. More than 150 deaths are being reported per day. These numbers will drastically increase in coming days” Upul Rohana said.
.“Starting from Monday, let’s be self-disciplined and impose self-restrictions and help eradicate this disease from the country. We also like to urge the relevant authorities to make their decisions by coming out of their air-conditioned rooms and witness the suffering of the people who are losing their loved ones” he added.
The Council of the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) and the Intercollegiate Committee have urged President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to impose lockdown for a minimum of two weeks while maintaining essential services and the program for vaccination uninterrupted in order to prevent a vast escalation of COVID-19 infections and fatalities.
In a letter to the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday the Sri Lanka Medical Association noting the relentless escalation of the number of COVID 19 patients in hospitals as well as in the community and the grave impact that this has had on the healthcare system and on the public in general, during the last few weeks in Sri Lanka, called for urgent action to introduce movement restrictions.
“All hospitals that provide services for the care of COVID 19 patients have exceeded their full capacity and are left with no vacant beds available for any new COVID 19 patients,” the SLMA said.
The Association pointed out that as hospitals continue to expand space for COVID 19 patients endlessly, the services available for other diseases are also being severely compromised.