Public health inspectors warn that the risk of covariates could rise further depending on how the public behaves during the upcoming festive season.
President of the Public Health Inspectors Association Upul Rohana points out that more patients are being diagnosed daily than the number of officially reported patients.
He points out that no matter how much health advice is given and how often people are made to follow it properly, they will continue to behave in the same way as they did during the festive months of April and December.
He further stated that if this continues, there is a possibility of the epidemic spreading rapidly in the country again.
Mr. Rohana also said that due to the festive season, people are flocking to shops all over the city and that strict laws will be enforced against those who sell goods in violation of health laws as well as those who gather in such places in violation of health laws. has.
He said health laws were being violated frequently even on public transport and that the public had now forgotten whether there was a Kovid epidemic in the country.