Sri Lanka has banned private vehicles from accessing fuel until July 10 as its government attempts to manage a severe shortage on the island amid a worsening economic crisis.
The government announced on Monday night that it would also close schools in urban areas for two weeks and would only allow fuel supplies for essential purposes such as medical services, trains and some buses, and vehicles that transport food.
The nation of 22mn is going through its worst debt and economic crisis in decades as a foreign exchange shortage has left the government unable to pay off its loans and import basics including food and medicine.
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