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Sri Lanka widens curfew, bans gatherings as virus surges

by Associated Press
| October 6, 2020 10:31 PM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Authorities in Sri Lanka on Wednesday widened a curfew and warned of legal action against those evading treatment for COVID-19 after reporting an escalating cluster centered around a garment factory in the capital's suburbs.

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