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Sri Lanka’s Two International Airports Will Be Fully Operational from Jan. 21

January 5, 2021

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A Sri Lankan municipal cemetery worker stands next to a cremation furnace as he waits for bodies of COVID-19 victims brought for cremation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A Sri Lankan municipal cemetery worker stands next to a cremation furnace as he waits for bodies of COVID-19 victims brought for cremation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan authorities announced the country’s two international airports will be fully operational starting Jan. 21 after 10 months and will fully open the country for tourists.

The Indian ocean island nation closed the two main international airports in March because of the coronavirus.

Last month, Sri Lanka launched a one-month pilot project to re-open the country for tourism while opening the two airports. Hundreds of tourists arrived from Ukraine in a “travel bubble.”

Sri Lanka’s total confirmed cases since March reached 45,498 on Tuesday with 215 confirmed deaths.

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