Sri Lanka offers Buddhist prayers to combat Covid-19
Sri Lanka is undertaking a week-long Buddhist prayers as way to combat the rising risk of the fatal coronavirus that has killed over 100,000 folks globally.
As of Sunday, the collection of showed instances reported in Sri Lanka are 11 with over 137 being hospitalised.
“We now have organised to recite the ‘Rathana Suthraya’ over per week in which we are hoping that no longer handiest Sri Lanka, all of the global could be blessed in preventing this illness,” Venerable Warakagoda Gnanarathana, who heads the robust Asgiriya sect, advised newshounds.
“This can be held starting off March 18 for per week close to the Temple of the Enamel in Kandy,” the top priest mentioned.
Gnanarathna mentioned within the historical past of Buddhism the Rathana Suthra used to be recited all the way through occasions of plague and illness. The suthra used to be recited by way of the Lord Buddha when an Indian town of Visala used to be being plagued by way of illness and famine.
The federal government declared Monday, a distinct vacation to facilitate the combat operations of the fatal virus with new directives to quarantine all people arriving within the nation rather than from China
Anil Jasinghe, the well being leader mentioned the Chinese language who arrive listed here are being put thru a quarantine procedure.
There are over 1,700 folks in quarantine at this time with 10 showed instances of COVID-19.
All passengers from 11 international locations are actually being quarantined, airport officers mentioned. All flights to Sri Lanka from the United Kingdom, Norway and Belgium are suspended.
The Civil Aviation Authority additionally introduced the remaining down of the Jaffna global airport operations in view of the risk. Jaffna operates flights to Chennai.
The Catholic church has cancelled its Sunday lots for 2 weeks. Already all public occasions were cancelled.
Sri Lanka has close colleges and universities with the primary announcement of the affected Sri Lanka nationwide. They’ll stay closed till April 20.
The fatal virus, which originated in China’s Wuhan town in December, has claimed over 6,500 lives and inflamed greater than 169,000 folks over 135 international locations and territories. PTI CORR AMS
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