By Sriyani Wijesinghe
Health Officials said the decision to impose curfew in the Gampaha District was made due to the discovery of 49 Covid infected people at the Peliyagoda Fish Market and because a significant number of garment factory workers in the Free Trade Zone have also tested positive for Covid 19. He said therefore the curfew was imposed to limit the movement of the public.
Responding to a query, Secretary of the Public Health Inspectors’ Association Mahendra Balasuriya told Lankasara that most of the infected people found at the fish market complex were from the Gampaha district.
He further stated that the curfew was imposed due to the large number of people who came to the market to buy fish were also from the Gampaha district.
