The Sri Lankan government is unlikely to accede to a request made by Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake to shut down the country’s commercial capital to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, highly-placed government sources told EconomyNext.

At a press conference held yesterday in the city, Senanayake appealed to the central government to consult the Epidemiological Unit of the Department of Health and map out a strategy for Colombo.
 
“It is my proposal that we lock down the whole city and rigidly enforce guidelines to limit people moving about for at least three weeks,” Senanayake told reporters.

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