Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne last Saturday (31 October) instructed all police officers to allow government employees and employees of several other institutions to use their official identity cards (IDs) as curfew passes in areas where quarantine curfew has been imposed.
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Police checks a private vehicle for a permit to enter an isolated area in Colombo in October 2020, Photo Saman Abesiriwardana[/caption]
In a letter to all police officers, the Acting IGP said the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Services has issued a circular on 28 October detailing how government institutions and other essential service providers should perform in line with measures taken to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Accordingly, employees of 80 government and other identified institutions will be allowed to use their official IDs to report to work from curfew-imposed areas.
Some of these institutions include the Presidential Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Attorney General’s Department, Cabinet Office, Board of Investment (BOI), Sri Lanka Customs, Department of Examinations, all private hospitals, and all media institutions.
Police checks a private vehicle for a permit to enter an isolated area in Colombo in October 2020, Photo Saman Abesiriwardana[/caption]
In a letter to all police officers, the Acting IGP said the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Services has issued a circular on 28 October detailing how government institutions and other essential service providers should perform in line with measures taken to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Accordingly, employees of 80 government and other identified institutions will be allowed to use their official IDs to report to work from curfew-imposed areas.
Some of these institutions include the Presidential Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Attorney General’s Department, Cabinet Office, Board of Investment (BOI), Sri Lanka Customs, Department of Examinations, all private hospitals, and all media institutions.