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Colombo’s locked down families to get further relief-by Ishara Mudugamuwa Colombo District Secretary Pradeep Yasaratne said the government had already provided Rs. 2,476 million to provide essential services to families affected by COVID-19 in the Colombo District. He was participating at the special media briefing of the government held online at the Government Information Department. “It is our responsibility to take care of 2.4 million people in the Colombo District. As the health authorities work to control the COVID-19 epidemic, our biggest challenge is to take care of 600,000 people in the Colombo Divisional Secretariat. Today the epidemic is spreading rapidly within the Municipal Council area,” he said. He said that the health authorities currently take various measures to control the situation and we have to take all necessary measures to provide the necessary facilities to the people in the worst affected areas. Around 12,248 families in the Colombo Divisional ...