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Lanka \u2018hopeful\u2019 to be off UK red list by September<\/span><\/h1>\n

\"Saroja<\/p>\n

Source:<\/span><\/strong>Island<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Sri Lanka\u2019s High Commissioner to the UK, Saroja Sirisena, hailed the country\u2019s \u201cphenomenal\u201d healthcare response and said she was hopeful it was \u201con track\u201d to take it off the UK\u2019s red list from September.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sirisena told\u00a0\u2018Travel Weekly\u2019\u00a0that when a country has gone through something, it comes out better prepared for things in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been really disciplined [with Covid]. Our approach was criticised by some because we got the military involved to handle some sections of the operation, but we moved really quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We shut our airports and wouldn\u2019t even let Sri Lankan nationals back in. The army set up hospitals in 10 days, and our healthcare system was phenomenal.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere were about 20,000 Brits who actually opted to stay in Sri Lanka as they felt safe there. We had only 13 or 14 deaths until October last year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Current entry requirements to Sri Lanka are two vaccinations, a negative PCR test prior to travel and a negative PCR test on arrival, with one day in quarantine while awaiting results.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have everyone over the age of 30 double-vaccinated by September,\u201d said Sirisena. \u201cPeople will still test positive but the number people getting ill will be much lower and so hospitals will not be overwhelmed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sirisena said Sri Lanka offered Brits a great option for travel once the world opens up and expects visitors to stay longer post-Covid.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe average length of stay is currently seven days, and they tend to do two activities \u2013 maybe the city and the beach. But we think once this is over and people have travelled that far, they will stay a little longer and do maybe three activities \u2013 adding in trips to the rural interior to the tea plantations or to see wildlife,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sirisena said Sri Lanka offered great active and adventure options, such as cycling, white water rafting and tours to tea plantations.<\/span><\/p>\n

And she said standards in the country were very high.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur rural is rural, but not backward. It\u2019s beautiful and untouched but there is still electricity and internet connection,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cVisitors won\u2019t see unpleasant things. They are most likely to see kids in uniform walking through the rice fields to school.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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