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    Sri Lanka to delay elections due to coronavirus outbreak

    Sri Lanka will not be in a position to conduct parliamentary elections in the country as scheduled on April 25 due to the coronavirus outbreak, Mahinda Deshapriya, the chairman of the country's election commission, said on Wednesday.

    >>Reuters
    Published : 20 March 2020, 04:19 AM
    Updated : 20 March 2020, 04:19 AM

    Sri Lanka earlier this week banned all incoming flights for two weeks, and imposed a curfew in some areas to rein in the spread of the disease. There have been over 50 confirmed cases of COVID-19 detected in Sri Lanka so far.

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