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Avoid nonessential trips over the weekend: Health authorities
COLOMBO (News 1st); Health authorities are urging the public to avoid nonessential trips over the long weekend as COVID-19 infections being reported have recorded a steady rise.The Deputy Director General of Health Services, Dr. Hemantha Herath responded to the question whether the OMICRON variant is at a community spreading rate or not, by stating that it cannot be confirmed exactly according to the definition of the term ‘community spread’, however, if the variant has reached that stage, the public should be careful in their conduct.Meanwhile, member of the Central Committee, of the GMOA, Dr.