Sri Lanka: Escaping the wrath of COVID-19
The South Asian nation has recorded one of the lowest fatality rates, while consistently maintaining adequate testing. Its 21-million-strong population seems to have dodged the community transmission bullet.By Tariq HashmatSri Lanka reported its first case of COVID-19 on January 28, 2020 – just two days before India recorded its first. The second case was only reported 44 days later, on March 12. 230 days later, the nation has dealt with a little over 3200 cases, and only 13 deaths.In order to contain the spread of the virus, the Sri Lankan government initiated a series of lockdowns and curfew...