A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
As Maldives tries to cope with the community spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s tourism industry remains to be shattered. The industry is trying hard to stay afloat during this unprecedented time. While exhausting all its revenue, resorts still have the tourism lease rent hanging over their head. The question is: Do they still […]
As the country tries to combat community spread of COVID-19, Medtech Maldives has imported additional medical supplies for the frontline workers. The shipment includes N95 masks, reusable protective shield, protective goggles and sample carriers (used for sample transportation). Since the beginning of the pandemic, Medtech Maldives have been delivering critical medical supplies and equipment to […]
Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) in association with Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and the world’s largest travel platform Tripadvisor, hosted a webinar today. The webinar titled “React, Rethink, Recover: Destination Management Solutions to the COVID-19 Crisis” had more than 300 Maldives tourism marketeers participants. Starting the webinar Mr. Thoyyib Mohamed, Managing Director […]
There have been 220 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Maldives, with 17 recoveries and no fatalities reported so far. Here are the latest updates on COVID-19. Virus Timeline in the Capital City Male’ HPA has reported 29 cases of COVID-19 on 27th April. This includes 6 Maldivians and 23 foreign nationals. MNDF has confirmed […]
Maldives Immigration has granted clearance to 701 expatriates to return to their native country. Immigration has stated that clearance granted expatriates are from Italy, Indonesia, and Thailand. In addition to that, they were sent back to their country via evacuation flights from Italy, Indonesia, and the Philippines on the 24th and 25th of April. A […]
State Trading Organisation (STO) has resumed selling eggs, onions, vegetables, and fruits on wholesale. STO has stated that those who wish to buy eggs, onions, vegetables, and fruits on wholesale can place their orders from 10 am to 3:30 pm via its hotline numbers 7291123 and 7291125. STO sells a pack of onion for MVR […]
Chinese Ambassador to Maldives Zhang Lizhong has announced that the Chinese government will deploy over 100 workers to aid the Maldives government in building additional temporary quarantine facilities. The Ambassador said that the aid was provided in response for a request issued from the Maldivian government and that efforts were underway to complete the task […]
Economic Ministry has introduced a hotline number to assist the public in reporting redundancies due to COVID-19, to the jobcentre. Due to COVID-19, several companies have dismissed their employees, reduced salaries, and some employees are sent on an indefinite no pay leave. Previously, the economic ministry has established a jobcentre to report these actions taken […]
In response to social and economic hardships faced due to the Covid-19 pandemic, ARC and FLC have established a joint initiative; Child Aid Relief in Emergency Situations (CARES), to support families with children. CARES provides Food Relief for families with children that are referred by the Government of Maldives as those that require food support. […]