Inaccurate figures on Covid death toll on June 11 led to extension of travel restrictions: Prez

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said today that false statistics on the Covid death toll announced on June 11 contributed to the prolongation of travel restrictions, emphasizing the importance of providing accurate and up-to-date information in order to make the best judgments possible.

According to him, thorough investigations indicated that just 15 deaths happened on June 11, despite the fact that 101 deaths were reported that day.

According to him, travel restrictions that were supposed to be lifted on June 14 were extended until June 21 due to information about 101 COVID deaths reported on June 11.
The President stated this at the Presidential Secretariat during a meeting of the Special Committee on Covid Prevention.

According to the President, health officials and intelligence services conducted a thorough investigation into the reporting of 101 fatalities on a single day, and it was discovered that some deaths happened over a four-month period, from February 6 to June 11, and that certain deaths were recorded twice.