Colombo (LNW): The Secretary to the President has issued an extraordinary gazette declaring a number of services as essential.
Accordingly,
- All services connected to the supply of electricity,
- All services connected to the the supply or distribution of petroleum products and fuel, and
- All services necessary or required to be done in connection with the maintenance, and the reception, care feeding, and treatment, of patients in hospitals, nursing homes, dispensaries and other similar institutions will be considered essential.