Abstract:
The purpose of this article is to analyze the strategies pursued by the
Government of Sri Lanka to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, its
variants and the associated crises. The Government of Sri Lanka initially
took several precautionary measures against the spread of the pandemic,
such as enforcing social distancing, quarantining, creating social security
networks, locking down and so on. The actions taken by the government and
the public response to these were significant during the initial phase. Despite
the success of the initial phase of operations, the government is now facing a
crisis in coping with the subsequent waves of the Covid-19 spread. With the
massive economic crisis already confronting the Sri Lankan government, the
spread of Covid-19 pandemic has further aggravated the country's economic
situation and eroded public trust in the government. In this backdrop, the Sri
Lankan government will have to formulate a number of new strategies to
meaningfully address the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.