A Sri Lankan police officer stands guard as health officers collect swab samples from rail commuters to test for COVID-19 at a railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Oct 12, 2020. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's main fish market was closed on Thursday and a curfew widened as a COVID-19 outbreak grows.
The government imposed the curfew in parts of the capital and some areas outside Colombo after earlier isolating at least six villages in Western province where the new cluster was discovered early this month. Colombo is in Western province.Health authorities also temporarily closed the island nation’s main fish market after 49 traders tested positive. Hundreds of other traders at the market on the outskirts of Colombo are being tested for the coronavirus.
Schools and key public offices have been closed, public gatherings banned and restrictions imposed on public transport.
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