COVID-19 and Its Impact of Sri Lanka

There have been number of global pandemics over decades and there are some those are still recurring. In the current context, the entire world is experiencing the pandemic of COVID-19 which came out with number of variants and already carried off a considerable amount of lives. In such a situation, World Health Organization has already announced a global emergency condition. It is worthy reviewing and studying deeply on the impact of COVID-19 on various economic and social aspects in the Sri Lankan context. This paper basically explores the areas that were highest impacted from the pandemic during last year. COVID-19 adversely affected especially on tourism sector and the GDP of Sri Lanka. Because of job lost, unemployment rate was increased and so on the poverty line as well. This article refers to examine three major factors that influence on the changes in the inflation rate throughout previous studies and also valid and timely evidences. As per that, it could be examined that there is an additional inflationary pressure in Sri Lankan economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So that, the Sri Lankan economic condition is threaten at a high risk due to this pandemic situation. To overcome this, relevant and successful movements need to be implemented to move forward as a country during this pandemic while overcoming the economic crisis.