As a measure to control the rapidly spreading Covid-19 epidemic, the government has re-imposed inter-provincial travel restrictions from midnight Monday (10).
The government lifted the travel restrictions between the provinces which had been in operation for nearly two months from the 2nd of this month.
But in view of the rapid spread of the Covid-19 virus, the health sector had requested the President to re-impose travel restrictions.
Accordingly, the government took steps to re-impose travel restrictions between provinces.
Meanwhile, the government has decided to limit the maximum number of people who can attend weddings to 50 from midnight today.
The health department had earlier allowed 150 people to attend the wedding for venues with more than 500 seats and 100 people at venues with less than 500 seats.
Meanwhile, the government has decided to temporarily ban religious festivals. The gazette notification containing the new health guidelines is to be issued by the Director General of Health Services tonight.
The decision was taken following a discussion between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Health Secretary Dr. Sanjeewa Munasinghe and Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena at the Presidential Secretariat today.