The economic impact of COVID-19 on Sri Lanka; a discussion on Face the Nation

Advocata Institute COO, Dhananath Fernando joined a discussion on Covid-19 with Face the Nation along with Prof. Indika Karunathilake (President of the SLMA), Dr. Samantha Ananda (Spokesperson of the GMOA and Dr. Sajeewana Amarasinghe (Secretary of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists).

“In terms of recommendations for the government on the economic front, there are 3 things that you should not do at this particular moment: One is imposing price controls, two is printing money because that will create inflation and again hit the poorest of the poor – price controls do the same, the third thing is having import controls because that will have a negative long term impact” – Dhananath Fernando