Colombo (News 1st); Another two planes with tourists arrived in Sri Lanka on Friday (15).

According to reports one plane carrying 197 passengers and another carrying 119 passengers thus arrived in the country.

These tourists are arriving in Sri Lanka at a time when Ukraine has entered strict lockdown and is expected to end as scheduled on Jan 25.

Ukraine has registered more than 1.1 million coronavirus cases with 20,376 deaths as of Jan. 14.

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