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Sri Lanka widens curfew, bans gatherings as virus surges

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COLOMBO – Authorities in Sri Lanka on Wednesday widened a curfew and warned of legal action against those evading treatment for COVID-19 after reporting an escalating cluster centered around a garment factory in the capital's suburbs.The number of confirmed cases has risen to 830 while more than 1,500 people have been asked to quarantine at their homes, health authorities said.The Indian Ocean island nation had just reported its first community infection in two months on Sunday.

The majority of the infected people are co-workers of the first patient, who was diagnosed at a hospital at the weekend and is from the densely populated Western province that includes the capital, Colombo.Hundreds of people — both factory workers and residents —.

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