Amidst the increase in the total confirmed Coid-19 cases in Sri Lanka to 59, Defence Ministry calls for more public support to fight against the deadly corona virus.
The ministry has issued a strict warning against rumor mongers to avoid making misleading statements using the cyber space to create unnecessary tension among people over the Government’s efforts to mitigate corona virus or Covid – 19
Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne has requested all Sri Lankans, including those who are living abroad, to support Government’s efforts to contain coronavirus outbreak by being indoors and following the advices given by the Health and Defence ministries.
All state institutions coming under Defence and other ministries, including the Tri-Forces and Police, all Sri Lankans are required to come forward to protect country’s population of 22 million people from the Covid-19 and also act responsibly without inflicting an artificial fear among the public, he said.
“This is similar to how the entire country got together to defeat terrorism in 2009. The government needs the support of all citizens of Sir Lanka irrespective of their differences to face the coronavirus outbreak,” the Defence Secretary said.
He said as the Defence Secretary he could assure that all the required measure had been taken by the Tri-forces, Police and all related intelligence agencies, which were working around the clock to mitigate the spread of the virus.
Maj. Gen. Gunaratne said the people who were directed to quarantine centres should not have any fear as it was done to control the spread of the virus and requested people to be in their own houses to undergo self-quarantine process, which was the best measure to contain spreading the virus.
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