COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
The COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 () virus. The first case of the virus in Sri Lanka was confirmed on 27 January 2020, after a 44-year-old Chinese woman from Hubei, China, was admitted to the Infectious Disease Hospital in Angoda, Sri Lanka. As of 12 May 2021, a total of 131,098 active cases have been recorded in the country, 107,657 patients till now have recovered from the disease, and 850 patients have died from the pandemic.

COVID-19 reached Sri Lanka on 27 January 2020. The first reported case involving a Sri Lankan person outside the country was reported in Italy on 3 March 2020. As of 23 March, forty-five quarantine centres had been built in the country by the Sri Lanka Army as a preventative measure to attempt to stop the spread of the pandemic. Nearly 3,500 people were placed under quarantine in 45 quarantine centres, including 31 foreigners from 14 countries. As of 25 March 2020, Sri Lankan authorities tracked down over 14,000 people who had come into contact with identified patients, and ordered those people to self-quarantine. As of 16 April 2020, Sri Lanka was named the 16th highest-risk country for contracting the virus. Sri Lanka's response to the pandemic has been ranked as the 9th best in the world.

On 11 May 2020, the Sri Lankan government lifted the curfew that had been in place since the start of the pandemic. This allowed the public to start going to work under the condition that social distancing be maintained. However, public gatherings, festivals and celebrations were still banned. The government also granted permission to open salons, beauty parlours, and barber shops on 11 May but strictly banned shaving. The government urged barbers to maintain precautionary health measures while cutting hair.

The 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election was held on 5 August 2020 during the pandemic. Initially, voter turnout had been low, primarily fueled by fears of contracting or spreading the virus. Voter turnout slowly increased into the morning, however. Authorities also made wearing face masks a compulsory requirement along with the use of hand sanitizer in the polling stations when voters were entering and leaving them.
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