{"id":15099,"date":"2021-08-16T22:11:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T16:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=15099"},"modified":"2021-08-16T22:11:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T16:41:08","slug":"many-cities-have-been-voluntarily-closed-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=15099","title":{"rendered":"Many cities have been voluntarily closed down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many major cities across the country have been closed voluntarily, and trades\u2019 associations are reportedly in talks to close more cities.<br \/>Currently, Kekirawa, Keppetipola, Yakkala, Gampaha, Veyangoda, Ambalantota, Ambalangoda, Bandarawela, Trincomalee, Balangoda, Matale, Palabaddala, Serunuwara, Dakkotuwa and Ulpatha have been closed down voluntarily by trade associations.<br \/>So far, cities have volunteered to close in the face of the rapidly spreading corona epidemic. It is reported that traders\u2019 associations in several cities including Minivungoda, Embilipitiya and Divulapitiya are in discussions to close down their cities soon.<\/p>\n<div class='saic-wrapper saic-default saic-comments-closed saic-border' style='overflow: hidden;'><div class='saic-wrap-link'><a id='saic-link-15099' class='saic-link saic-icon-link saic-icon-link-true auto-load-true' href='?post_id=15099&amp;comments=0&amp;get=30&amp;order=DESC' title='0 Comments'><i class='saico-comment'><\/i><span>0<\/span> Comments<\/a><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-link--><div id='saic-wrap-commnent-15099' class='saic-wrap-comments' style='display:none;'><div id='saic-wrap-form-15099' class='saic-wrap-form saic-clearfix'><div class='saic-form-avatar'><\/div><div id='saic-container-form-15099' class='saic-container-form saic-no-login'><p>Comments are closed<\/p><\/div><!--.saic-container-form--><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-form--><div id='saic-comment-status-15099'  class='saic-comment-status'><\/div><ul id='saic-container-comment-15099' class='saic-container-comments saic-order-DESC ' data-order='DESC'><\/ul><div class='saic-holder-15099 saic-holder'><\/div><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-comments--><\/div><!--.saic-wrapper-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many major cities across the country have been closed voluntarily, and trades\u2019 associations are reportedly in talks to close more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[105,106,109,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-covid-19","category-economy","category-health","category-smartphones","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}