Sri Lanka, March 16 -- President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday proposed to leaders of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to formulate a collective response to combat COVID - 19. He further called for SAARC Ministerial Meeting to discuss measures to overcome this deadly health threat.
President Rajapaksa made these proposals participating in a video conference with all SAARC leaders under the theme of "SAARC Leader on Combating COVID - 19, Setting an Example to the World". This was an initiative by Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa noted that presently there are 11 confirmed cases in Sri Lanka. The first identified was a Chinese tourist. She was successfully treated at the specialised...