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Asia Today: Sri Lanka shuts Parliament after case detected

| October 25, 2020 10:27 PM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Parliament was closed on Monday in order to disinfect the premises after a police officer at the complex tested positive for the coronavirus amid a new surge of the virus in the country.

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