A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Total positive cases in the Maldives has reached 574 with 20 recoveries and 2 fatalities. Here are the latest updates of COVID-19 Announcements by HPA Two more COVID-19 patients in the Maldives have made full recoveries. Two COVID-19 patients have been placed on ventilators after their health deteriorated. Authorities have alerted that a surge of […]
Ugail Foundation has introduced LYNKIT, which is a free Viber base platform to help people with essential shopping during the COVID-19 crisis. LYNKIT is a Viber bot designed to assist the general public to easily place orders to individual shops. The foundation has developed a web portal called ‘MYLYNC’ which will assist the shops in […]
Several Maldivians have made donations to the International Aid Campaign (IAC)’s With Love 2020 Pandemic Relief. This campaign was first initiated in 2018. This year’s relief package is set considering the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, hence a special hygiene package is included. IAC has planned to provide help to Uganda, Palestine, Gazza, Syria refugees living in […]
The first prototype and product in the Maldives were locally designed and developed by Print Lab Creative together with MNDF Senahiya to fit all medical requirements of the Ministry of Health and National Emergency Operations Centre. The sample kits were sponsored by Dhiraagu. A total of 15 COVID-19 Sampling Kiosks were donated to address the […]
There has been a total of 557 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 18 recoveries and 2 fatalities. Here are the latest updates on COVID-19 Announcements by HPA HPA reports 6 more cases of COVID-19, which includes 1 Bangladeshi and 5 Maldivians. A 33-year old Bangladeshi man tested positive for COVID-19 passes away on 05th April. […]
The Head of Safety, Security, and Compliance in Maldives Airport Company Ltd (MACL) has passed away on 04th April 2020. Mohamed Solih has served in Velana International Airport (VIA) since 1979. He was also the Deputy Chief Officer in MACL. He has 40 years of experience in the aviation industry. Our dear friend & colleague […]
There are 527 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Maldives, with 18 recoveries and 1 fatality. Here are the latest updates on COVID-19 Announcements by HPA A Maldivian COVID-19 patient is now on a ventilator after the individual’s health deteriorated. 50% of the infected patients are Bangladeshi nationals while 35% are Maldivians, according to Dr.Afzal. […]
Lotus Fihaara has donated basic hygiene necessities to Maldives Red Crescent (MRC). MRC has stated that providing basic hygiene necessities is a key objective in their efforts to assist migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to that, MRC has thanked and appreciated Lotus Fihaara for their continued support and donation to MRC to […]
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)’s Former Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Xu Jing has said that Maldives will be among the first batch to welcome tourists post COVID-19. In a tweet, Xu Jing said that countries like the Maldives can start tourism earlier in his opinion, as the resorts are scattered and not overcrowded. […]