No move to enforce a curfew : Army Commander

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) –  Rapid antigen tests will be conducted at all exit points in the Western Province from today(24), Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva said.

He said that rapid antigen tests will be conducted at nearly 17 exit points in the Western Province.

The Army Commander said that earlier rapid antigen tests were conducted at only four exit points.

However, from today antigen tests will be conducted at nearly 17 exit points in the Western Province, including at expressway and highway exit points.

He said that in some areas mobile units will be deployed to conduct random antigen tests.

The Army Commander said that there is no move to enforce a curfew for Christmas but the public have been urged not to travel out of the Western Province.