COLOMBO: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Wednesday that people must learn to live within the Covid environment to carry out their daily businesses in life.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa made these comments during the launch of the ‘Suwen Sitimu’ or ‘Stay Safe’ digital platform project introduced by the Information and Communication Technology Agency to assist in the efforts to combat COVID-19.
“ Everyone including President, ministers, health staff and people must understand the status of economy of the people who lives on daily wages and businesses. We cannot afford to close down the country anticipating a cure for COVID-19 would be discovered,” Rajapaksa stressed.
‘The people cannot be controlled by merely imposing a curfew’, the President had pointed out highlighting the fact the people must start acting responsibly to balance their lifestyles, the economy all other factors.
“ The country cannot be placed in permanent lockdown until a cure for the coronavirus is discovered,” he stressed, urging the general to be prepared to resume their normal lives while strictly adhering to the health guidelines imposed by the health authorities.
‘Suwen Sitimu’ or ‘Stay Safe’ is based on a QR code and was designed to address the issues of contract tracing and movement of COVID-19 infected people.
The designated QR code can be obtained by accessing the staysafe.gov.lk website and the portal will be officially effective from Saturday the 07th of November.
The platform is an easy to use web application to serve as a digital register for businesses during the Covid-19 period for regulatory compliance.
The responsive web app works across devices to securely save customer visit data for Covid-19 compliance and reporting purposes.