The Ministry of Health has issued a notice to patients with non-communicable diseases such as Diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and high cholesterol.
It says that hospital medicals clinics are functioning on schedule and medicines will be issued for two months.
Patients are encouraged not to come to the clinic in-person due to the high risk, and instead send a healthy responsible person with the clinic book to collect the medicines.
For those who missed the clinic date, medicines can be obtained through OPD on any week day, the ministry said.
Clinic records or diagnosis cards can be used as a curfew pass, the notice said.
The public is requested to contact the following numbers for more information:
Dr Vindya Kumarapeli (CCP) Director NCD unit, Ministry of Health (0112669599 , 07188965277)
Media coordination - Janaka Suneth Bandara - 714327387
