A member of special forces motorcycle teams stops vehicles for checking in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 22, 2021. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)
COLOMBO, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in Sri Lanka imposed a travel restriction to prevent a further spread of the COVID-19 virus which has infected over 50,000 people in the past one month.
Sri Lanka's total death toll from the COVID-19 virus reached 1,133 on Saturday after the country recorded its highest single-day death toll of 44 deaths the previous day, statistics from the Health Ministry showed.
Members of special forces motorcycle teams stop vehicles for checking in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 22, 2021. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)
Members of special forces motorcycle teams stop a vehicle for checking in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 22, 2021. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)
Members of special forces motorcycle teams stop a vehicle for checking in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 22, 2021. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)
Members of special forces motorcycle teams stop a vehicle for checking in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 22, 2021. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)
Police officers distribute food to the needy in Pettah, Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)
Police officers distribute food to the needy in Pettah, Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)
Members of special forces motorcycle teams stop a vehicle for checking in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 22, 2021. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)■
