Colombo: President Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa will meet with Covid-19 adviser on Friday and it is hoped that later to overcome the nation as an infection and death flooded the island health system, which leads to total calls.
The Indian Ocean nation noted the highest single death toll of 187 and 3,793 cases on Wednesday.
Religious leaders, politicians and employers have called for national locking directly to curb the spread of infection.
Daily infections have more than doubled in a month to an average of 3,897, according to Reuters Global Covid Tracker.
Hospitals in the 32 million countries are filled with Covid-19 patients as a very contagious Delta variant soaring through the population.
“If they listen to us, it will be good for our leaders and for the country,” said MPs of Parliament Tissa Witarana after calling on tight locking.
Rajapaksa is scheduled to lead a meeting with the president’s assignment unit member in Coronavirus before his speech to the nation on Friday night.
Many restrictions already exist, with schools, fitness centers, and closed swimming pools and weddings and musical performances are prohibited.
The authorities also imposed hours of night from Monday, limiting movements from 10pm to 4 in the morning every day.
About a quarter of the Sri Lankan population has been fully vaccinated, the majority of them with China’s Sinopharm vaccine.
Sri Lanka also approved Pfizer, Modern, Astrazeneca and Russian V Sputnik shots.
It has reported a total of 372,079 infections from the beginning of last year’s outbreak, with 6,604 deaths.