Police headquarters said that after the lifting of ‘lockdown’ on Monday at 4 am, travel restrictions from 11 pm to 4 am on a daily basis during May would continue. GMOF (Government Medical Officers’ Forum) spokesperson Dr. Rukshan Bellana said that the government seemed hell-bent on causing further chaos. Dr. Bellana said that the government seemed to be blind to the fact that the death toll was on the verge of passing 1,000 and the cases nearing 150,000. Dr. Bellana asked how the government did away with restrictions while the doctors reported the detection of at least six Covid-19 variants. Dr. Bellana said that he expected experts would oppose the government’s short-sighted policies.

Source: The Nation May 17, 2021 01:04 UTC