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4 Measures to Continue Under the Emergency Decree
Ambassador Wijayanthi Edirisinghe Vice Chairs the Second Committee on Trade, Investment, Enterprise and Business Innovation of UNESCAP
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Wijayanthi Edirisinghe was one of the Vice Chairs of the Second Committee on Trade, Investment, Enterprise and Business Innovation, held from 28 to 30 May 2025 in Bangkok.
Sri Lanka–Thailand Medical Partnership to Deliver 71 Free Knee Surgeries
A special Buddhist fundraising event was held in support of a landmark humanitarian medical initiative aimed at enhancing access to orthopedic care in Sri Lanka.
The Thai Cabinet has approved the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA) proposal to extend the Emergency Decree for one more month, starting from 1 May 2020. There are four measures that will continue to be implemented under the decree in order to effectively prevent and control the spread of the virus.
1. Prohibiting persons from leaving home during the six-hour curfew from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. and strict travel restrictions.
2. Prohibiting mass gatherings, including a temporary prohibition on conducting mass gathering activities, a temporary prohibition on entering areas or places with a lot of people, and a temporary prohibition on engaging in activities that are at risk of spreading the virus.
3. Maintaining restrictions on inter-provincial travel. People must refrain from or delay traveling across provincial areas if there is no necessity.
4. Maintaining controls on travel into Thailand by land, by sea, and by air, including a ban on all incoming flights until 31 May 2020.
