Reuters
Sri Lanka said yesterday said it will ban all incoming flights for two weeks from 1830 GMT today to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Flights already in the air will be allowed to land and passengers to disembark, said Mohan Samaranayake, a spokesman for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Sri Lanka reported a near-doubling of cases to 18 from 10. Most of the government offices, private offices and business in the country will remain closed till Thursday due to increase in cases. Over two hundred people have been kept under observation, most of them are Sri Lankans retuning from Italy and other foreign countries. Government ordered such people returning from Europe, Iran or South Korea during this month to register at the nearest police station for the benefit of themselves and the community.