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A security personnel (L) checks the body temperature of a pedestrian during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Colombo on April 23, 2020. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)

A security personnel (L) checks the body temperature of a pedestrian during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Colombo on April 23, 2020. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)



A Sri Lankan Catholic family observe the Sunday mass at home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15 March 2020. Sri Lankan government closed schools and Colleges, Universities, cinema halls, and have cancelled all other mass gathering events across the country in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which causes the Covid-19 disease. Sri Lankan health ministry on 14 March said five new case was diagnosed with coronavirus in the country, bringing to ten the total number of confirmed cases in Sri Lanka. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)

A Sri Lankan Catholic family observe the Sunday mass at home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15 March 2020. Sri Lankan government closed schools and Colleges, Universities, cinema halls, and have cancelled all other mass gathering events across the country in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which causes the Covid-19 disease. Sri Lankan health ministry on 14 March said five new case was diagnosed with coronavirus in the country, bringing to ten the total number of confirmed cases in Sri Lanka. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)



Sri Lankan traditional dancers perform during an event to mark the anniversary of country's independence from British colonial rule in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, February 4, 2020. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

Sri Lankan traditional dancers perform during an event to mark the anniversary of country's independence from British colonial rule in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, February 4, 2020. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)



People maintain the one-meter distance in-between each other as they stand in a line to buy groceries at a supermarket during the time government lifted the curfew, as the number of people tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country increases, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on March 24, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

People maintain the one-meter distance in-between each other as they stand in a line to buy groceries at a supermarket during the time government lifted the curfew, as the number of people tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country increases, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on March 24, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)



A girl watches as the Sri Lankan Army musical band performs to entertain the people who are stuck inside their houses, during a curfew imposed by the government amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 6, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

A girl watches as the Sri Lankan Army musical band performs to entertain the people who are stuck inside their houses, during a curfew imposed by the government amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 6, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)



Workers check protective chambers with gloves attached made for hospitals at a workshop, during the curfew imposed by the government amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 15, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

Workers check protective chambers with gloves attached made for hospitals at a workshop, during the curfew imposed by the government amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 15, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)



A girl reacts as health official uses a swab to collect a sample in a village during the curfew amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 18, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

A girl reacts as health official uses a swab to collect a sample in a village during the curfew amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 18, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)



A family break their fast at the end of the first day of the holy month of Ramadan on a rooftop of their home during the curfew amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 25, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

A family break their fast at the end of the first day of the holy month of Ramadan on a rooftop of their home during the curfew amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 25, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)



A boy looks up while waiting to break his fast, at the end of the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, on a rooftop of his home during the curfew amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka on April 25, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

A boy looks up while waiting to break his fast, at the end of the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, on a rooftop of his home during the curfew amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka on April 25, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)



A Sri Lankan police officer detains curfew violators during a curfew imposed to curb the spreading of new coronavirus in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

A Sri Lankan police officer detains curfew violators during a curfew imposed to curb the spreading of new coronavirus in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)



Porters wash themselves as police splash water with canon vehicles in the capital Colombo on April 17, 2020, before taking them to a quarantine centre. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)

Porters wash themselves as police splash water with canon vehicles in the capital Colombo on April 17, 2020, before taking them to a quarantine centre. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)



Municipal workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant at an housing complex area during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Colombo on April 17, 2020. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)

Municipal workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant at an housing complex area during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Colombo on April 17, 2020. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)



Special Task Force (STF) personnel (L) wearing protective gear spray disinfectant outside the Presidential Secretariat as security personnel stand guard during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Colombo on April 10, 2020. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)

Special Task Force (STF) personnel (L) wearing protective gear spray disinfectant outside the Presidential Secretariat as security personnel stand guard during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Colombo on April 10, 2020. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)



People who couldn't return to their hometowns due to a lockdown amidst concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) wait to travel to their villages using special transport organised by the government, at a public ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 2, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

People who couldn't return to their hometowns due to a lockdown amidst concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) wait to travel to their villages using special transport organised by the government, at a public ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 2, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)



Sri Lankan health officials arrive to collect swab specimen from the suspected COVID-19 cases in a residential neighborhood during lockdown in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 16, 2020. Sri Lankan authorities claim they have largely managed to prevent community spreading through proper identification and isolation of people who came into contact with COVID-19 patients. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

Sri Lankan health officials arrive to collect swab specimen from the suspected COVID-19 cases in a residential neighborhood during lockdown in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 16, 2020. Sri Lankan authorities claim they have largely managed to prevent community spreading through proper identification and isolation of people who came into contact with COVID-19 patients. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)



A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk climbs the steps past statues at a deserted temple during curfew on Buddha Jayanthi, a day that celebrates the birth of the Buddha, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 7, 2020. Sri Lanka has again reimposed a 24-hour countrywide curfew until next Monday, as part of stringent measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk climbs the steps past statues at a deserted temple during curfew on Buddha Jayanthi, a day that celebrates the birth of the Buddha, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 7, 2020. Sri Lanka has again reimposed a 24-hour countrywide curfew until next Monday, as part of stringent measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)



A mahout washes an elephant in the river in Pinnawala, some 95 kms from the capital Colombo on April 15, 2020. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)

A mahout washes an elephant in the river in Pinnawala, some 95 kms from the capital Colombo on April 15, 2020. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)



A Sri Lankan health officer wearing protective gear performs a swab test on a municipal worker at the regional municipal office amid the coronavirus pandemic in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 22 April 2020. The Government has implemented a curfew in some parts of the island until further notice in order to slow down the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)

A Sri Lankan health officer wearing protective gear performs a swab test on a municipal worker at the regional municipal office amid the coronavirus pandemic in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 22 April 2020. The Government has implemented a curfew in some parts of the island until further notice in order to slow down the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)



Two daily-wage workers wear protective face masks as they walk in front of a mural during an island-wide curfew, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 14 April 2020. The Sri Lankan government has implemented an island-wide curfew until further notice in order to slow down the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Two daily-wage workers wear protective face masks as they walk in front of a mural during an island-wide curfew, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 14 April 2020. The Sri Lankan government has implemented an island-wide curfew until further notice in order to slow down the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)



Buddhist monks walk during the annual Nawam Maha Perahera of Gangaramaya Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Faberuary 7, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

Buddhist monks walk during the annual Nawam Maha Perahera of Gangaramaya Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Faberuary 7, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)
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