<p>Sri Lanka will ease the coronavirus lockdown restrictions from May 26, limiting the curfew hours from 10.00 pm to 4.00 am among other relaxations.</p>.<p>The curfew will be lifted during the day across the country, including hot-spot districts of Colombo and Gampaha, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's said in a statement.</p>.<p>The two districts were identified as coronavirus hot-spots and placed under round-the-clock curfew since March 20.</p>.<p>Inter-district movement will be permitted from Tuesday, except to Colombo and Gamapaha.</p>.<p>Though the curfew will be lifted during the day, social-distancing and other practices to check the spread of COVID-19 will be implemented strictly, officials said.</p>.<p>The coronavirus has claimed nine lives in the island nation with 1,068 confirmed cases.</p>.<p>This is the second round of curfew relaxations in the island-nation after certain changes were effected on May 11 to revive economic activity, as part of which employees of state and public sector companies were allowed to travel to work.</p>.<p>Senior police official Ajith Rohana said the curfew will be strictly enforced on Sunday and Monday. Id will held in Sri Lanka on Monday.</p>.<p>"There will be over 900 roadblocks during the curfew on both days," Rohana said.</p>
<p>Sri Lanka will ease the coronavirus lockdown restrictions from May 26, limiting the curfew hours from 10.00 pm to 4.00 am among other relaxations.</p>.<p>The curfew will be lifted during the day across the country, including hot-spot districts of Colombo and Gampaha, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's said in a statement.</p>.<p>The two districts were identified as coronavirus hot-spots and placed under round-the-clock curfew since March 20.</p>.<p>Inter-district movement will be permitted from Tuesday, except to Colombo and Gamapaha.</p>.<p>Though the curfew will be lifted during the day, social-distancing and other practices to check the spread of COVID-19 will be implemented strictly, officials said.</p>.<p>The coronavirus has claimed nine lives in the island nation with 1,068 confirmed cases.</p>.<p>This is the second round of curfew relaxations in the island-nation after certain changes were effected on May 11 to revive economic activity, as part of which employees of state and public sector companies were allowed to travel to work.</p>.<p>Senior police official Ajith Rohana said the curfew will be strictly enforced on Sunday and Monday. Id will held in Sri Lanka on Monday.</p>.<p>"There will be over 900 roadblocks during the curfew on both days," Rohana said.</p>