Sri Lanka cancels trains as COVID-19 cases grow

Sri Lankan health workers take a swab sample from a port employee to test for COVID-19 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Oct 22, 2020. COLOMBO: Sri Lankan authorities have terminated a number of passenger trains and widened the curfew as COVID-19 cases related to a new cluster at a garment factory continue to surge.

The Railway Department cancelled at least 16 trains – mostly ran through busy office hours – after the number of commuters declined due to the curfew imposed in many parts of the country.More than a dozen villages are isolated in densely populated Western province, which includes capital Colombo. Authorities last week closed the island's main fish market on Colombo's outskirts after 49 traders tested positive for the coronavirus. By Sunday , the number of cases from the fish market went up to nearly 900.Authorities say the outbreak is linked to a cluster in a garment factory early this month, which has grown to 4,052 cases, more than half the country's total of 7,521. During the last 24 hours, 368 new cases have been detected.

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