Colombo (News 1st); The repatriation of Sri Lankans stranded overseas will resume from Monday (16), said Army Commander and Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva on Friday (13).

The reptrariation process will be carried out according to a fixed plan he said adding the repatriation was suspended after the emergence of the second COVID-19 wave in the country in early october.

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