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Deal with masks were being worn and disinfectant sprayed through the physical exercise
Authorities in Sri Lanka have held mock elections as component of a exam of new anti-coronavirus voting steps.
Voters wore deal with masks, stood 1m (3ft) aside in queues and brought their personal pens and pencils to mark ballot papers.
Officers have been guarded by plastic screens or confront shields, and sprayed disinfectants on voters.
Sri Lanka postponed parliamentary elections, at first scheduled for April, because of the virus. The vote is because of to be held on 5 August.
Sunday’s demo run was held in 4 of the country’s 22 electoral districts. It was created to get voters applied to the new method and see if extra voting time was wanted.
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“We ended up really delighted to see that all those people who volunteered to acquire element in this physical exercise currently wore experience masks,” election commission chairman Mahinda Deshapriya explained to reporters.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who gained very last November’s presidential election by a landslide, is hoping to secure a two-thirds parliamentary the greater part for his occasion, which would give him sweeping powers.
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The Sri Lankan govt imposed demanding limitations in March in an hard work to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The curbs incorporated a 24-hour nationwide curfew and a ban on any collecting.
The region has eased the lockdown in modern weeks, though a evening-time curfew remains in position.
In accordance to the Worldometer web-site, virtually 1,900 Covid-19 circumstances have been recorded in Sri Lanka due to the fact January, and 11 folks people today have died with the virus.
