Police arrest over 100 for violating Covid-19 health guidelines

Police have arrested 108 people yesterday for violating health guidelines including not wearing face masks and not maintaining social distancing, police spokesman, DIG Ajith Rohana said.

DIG Rohana said that 3755 people had been arrested since 30 October 2020 for violating health guidelines to minimize the spread of the coronavirus.

Most of those arrested were from the Western Province, he said.

DIG Rohana urged people to follow health guidelines and warned that they were continuing with operations to arrest those who violate anti coronavirus guidelines because of the grave situation the country was facing. (RK.)