Sri Lanka, Sept. 20 -- Legal action should be taken against people and institutions that do not follow health guidelines to prevent Covid-19 and continue to ignore instructions by the Government and the health authorities, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said. He told a press conference at the Health Promotion Bureau (HPB) in Colombo recently that health guidelines to prevent Covid-19 should be strictly followed by people and all state and private institutions until a vaccine is found for the disease.

But, it now seems that the fears of the Sri Lankan public have vanished while some institutions ignore the health guidelines putting Sri Lanka at risk.

Dr. Samaraweera said it was possible for a person who underwent the 14-day ...