The Government has issued a set of guidelines to heads of State institutes to ensure the smooth and uninterrupted functioning of the State mechanism in the wake of COVID -19 outbreak, the President's Media Division said.
It said Secretary to President Dr. P. B. Jayasundera today (23) issued a circular outlining these instructions to all Ministry Secretaries, Government Agents, Heads of Departments, Chairmen of Corporations and Statutory Boards, General Managers and public officials. "As per the directives by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued on March 19, a week of work from home from March 23 – 27 was declared for the public and private sectors. The Department and Divisional heads will issue the instructions via SMS. This period is not public holidays and officials are on call duty," it said.
(Daily Mirror)