The total number of confirmed cases in the Maldives has reached 1,094, with 1,031 active cases, 59 recoveries, and 4 fatalities.
Here are the latest updates on COVID-19
Announcements by HPA
With the confirmation of 16 new cases of COVID-19 in Maldives, the total number of positive cases has reached 1094.
80 expats were screened under a mobile medical operation carried out by HPA.
23 Police officers tested positive for the virus, and is doing well according to CP Mohamed Hameed.
Over 3000 travel permits have been issued to Male’ residents stuck in islands, according to Police.
3 individuals that departed on an Indian naval vessel had tested positive, Mabrook confirmed.
Villivaru Quarantine facility has been completed.
148 more Thai nationals have been repatriated from Maldives.
The third group of Thai nationals have been repatriated from the Maldives. The first 55 left the country on April 16, followed by another 131 on May 4.
148 Thai nationals departed from Male Sunday on a chartered Maldivian airlines flight, organised jointly by the Thai consulate in the Maldives and the Maldivian embassy in Thailand.
Finance Ministry proposes to amend the presidential retirement benefits.
The government is working to reduce state expenses in every possible way as the country battles against the pandemic virus. Under the efforts to reduce state expenses Finance Ministry has proposed to the Parliament to amend and alter the presidential retirement benefits.
The Ministry stated that the proposal was submitted to the Parliament last week but did not disclose any further details of the amendments.
Sh. Funadhoo sends food and other essentials to Sh. Narudhoo as a goodwill gesture.
Sh. Funadhoo has sent a boat filled with food and other essentials to Sh. Narudhoo as a goodwill gesture.
Sh. Funadhoo made the delivery to Sh. Narudhoo as the islands are being placed under lockdown.
Funadhoo Council President Ahmed Ibrahim Fulhu stated that the food items were nearly worth MVR 50,000 and was collected in two days. Various residents of Funadhoo took part in the collective effort.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says there might never be a vaccine for COVID-19.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says there might never be a vaccine for COVID-19 despite the huge global effort to develop one.
“there remains a very long way to go, and I must be frank that a vaccine might not come to fruition,” said Boris Johnson.
The British government has granted 93 million pounds to speed up the opening of the new Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre.
India has extended coronavirus lockdown until May 31.
India extended a nationwide lockdown to May 31 as cases exceeded 90,000 and further clashes erupted between police and stranded migrants.
Schools, malls, and other public places will remain closed, though rules will be relaxed in areas with low numbers of cases, according to Interior Minister.
Iran announced it will allow Eid al-Fitr prayers to be held in open spaces in all cities.
Eid al-Fitr prayers will be held in open places and in all cities, adding that it will not take place where participation is likely to be intense, said the secretary of the committee tackling the coronavirus outbreak in Iran. He further stated that restaurants will be opened after Ramadan.
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