The government is in the process of formulating short term and long term plans to rebuild the tourism industry which has taken a major blow due to the Coronavirus pandemic,  said Minister of Industrial Export, Investment Promotion and Civil Aviation, Prasanna Ranatunga.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in a special statement urged the general public to render their utmost support to the government’s efforts to save the country from the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva said that a group of around 50  native medical practitioners, acupuncture therapists and homoeopathy practitioners had met with the Health Minister at the National Operation Centre for the Prevention of Covid-19 on the directives of the President, in order to look into possible measures that could be taken to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.