Health guidelines for wedding ceremonies revised

Health guidelines for wedding ceremonies revised

August 6, 2021   02:59 pm

Sri Lanka has announced revised health guidelines for wedding ceremonies in light of the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country.

Accordingly, a decision has been taken to allow only 150 guests to be accommodated for a wedding at a venue with a seating capacity of over 500 persons.

At the same time only 100 guests are allowed for weddings at venues with a seating capacity of less than 500 persons. 

Meanwhile the maximum number of people allowed to attend a funeral at any given time has also been limited to 25. 

These revisions of health guidelines will come into effect from midnight today (Aug 06).

Further, current interprovincial travel restrictions will remain uninterrupted.

The revised guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health are as follows:

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