A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Maldives follows the WHO guidelines in crisis management by facilitating the medical facilities and manpower in the country to the COVID-19 task force. These include doctors, nurses, technicians, radiologists, and even administrators. What about the patients that require ordinally urgent care? Even in the midst of a pandemic, people will still have heart attacks and […]
There have been a total of 95 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with no fatalities in the Maldives, at the time of writing. Here are the latest updates on COVID-19 as of 23rd April. Virus Timeline in the Capital City Male’ The number of positive cases from Male’ city is at 75 with 9 new cases […]
Finance Ministry has requested withdraw MVR 4.4 billion to ensure uninterrupted services of state institutions amid the economic downfall caused by COVID-19. Finance Ministry has highlighted the expenses needed to cover for the functioning of the services for overcoming the current economic and financial constraints. The ministry has presented a document noting necessary measures that […]
The government has imposed a 14-day lockdown amid the community spread of COVID-19 in the Greater Male’ area. Consequently, there is a surge in the consumption rates of electricity. The government will be subsidizing 40% of the April and May month’s electricity bills. STELCO assures to maintain the connection of electricity during the lockdown. As […]
Dhiraagu has announced that they have decided to postpone the 14th edition of the Dhiraagu Maldives Road Race (DMRR), the largest annual run held in the Maldives. Dhiraagu has stated that as social distancing being the key to contain the spread of COVID-19 they have decided not to host any major events during this year. […]
Ong Ben Seng, Singaporean billionaire and owner of hotel and resort chain Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) has donated 15 ventilators to the Maldives. According to the Foreign Ministry, Ong has also donated 100،000 face masks along with the ventilators. The donation is currently in Maldives High Commission in Singapore. In light of the outbreak, the […]
Bank of Maldives (BML) has temporarily increased the limit on daily ATM cash deposits. BML has increased the daily ATM cash deposit limit for personal customers from MVR 50,000 to MVR 100,000. For business customers, the limit has been increased from MVR 200,000 to MVR 500,000. BML has closed its all branches and service centres […]
Bangladesh’s government has aided 100 metric tons of food items, medical equipment, and medicine towards the COVID-19 relief effort. Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid, Minister of Defence, H.E Mariya Ahmed Didi, and Cheif of Defense force MG. Abdul Shamaal received aid from the Navy Ship of Bangladesh. Foreign Minister has expressed his appreciation and thanked Prime […]
The national airline Maldivian has brought 8 tons of cargo from Sri Lanka on the 21st of April. This is Maldivian’s third freighter from Colombo. The government has previously brought cargo from other countries as well. They have brought 7 tons of cargo from Dubai and 12 tons of cargo from Thailand. Maldivian has opened […]