A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Foreign Ministry of Maldives has announced that the government will be evacuating Maldivian students who registered to return from Nepal and Bangladesh. The Ministry said that 18 locals from Nepal and 51 from Bangladesh will be evacuated on April 20. The Maldivians in Kathmandu and other areas of Bangladesh are being consolidated to Dhaka by […]
Maldivian flight has arrived with much needed COVID-19 medical supplies imported by Medtech. The cargo flight arrived at Velana International on 17th April 2020 with 5,000 kgs of cargo which consisted of 4,500 kgs of medical supplies. These medical supplies brought by Medtech includes 105 cases of sample carriers, 40 cases of triple packaging boxes […]
Director-General of Public Health, Maimoona Aboobakuru, has today (17th April), announced a 14-day lockdown in capital Male’ city. This is due to the 7th confirmed case in Male’. The lockdown was first issued due to the first positive case of COVID-19 in the capital on 15th April. An announcement issued by HPA said no persons […]
To support the government of the Maldives’ Economic Recovery Plan that includes a package of economic relief measures aimed at mitigating the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in light of the anticipated downturn in tourism, OPEC has pledged to grant USD 20 million emergency loan to the Maldives. The OPEC Fund for International […]
State Trading Organization (STO)’s Managing Director Hussain Amru has announced that they are working on establishing a faster delivery service within the capital Male’ city amid the lockdown. In a tweet, Amru said that as per the instructions by HPA and Police, eSTOre had to cease it’s operations yesterday (15th April). However, upon getting the […]
Maldives has confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in the capital city Male’ and with this, the government has declared a 24-hour lockdown in the Greater Male’ area. As the lockdown was declared in less than 24 hours of the first case of the virus in the city, many were not prepared for the lockdown. […]
Male’ Water and Sewerage Company (MWSC), has assured that they will not cut the supply of water to any residence in Male’ amid the COVID-19 crisis in the city for any reason, including delay in payment of bills. MWSC Managing Director Hassan Shah has stated that the company has given unofficial instructions to its disconnection […]
Director-General of Public Health, Maimoona Aboobakuru, has today (16th April), extended the lockdown on Male’ City to another 24-hours. The lockdown was issued due to the first positive case of COVID-19 in the capital. An announcement issued by HPA said no persons will be allowed to enter or exit Male’, Villimale’, Hulhumale’, Thilafushi and Gulhifalhu […]
Maldivian has scheduled repatriation flights to send back citizens of Thailand in the Maldives, who has been unable to return to their country amidst the lockdown. In a tweet by the airline, they have confirmed that a repatriation flight has already left for Bangkok with 55 citizens of Thailand and care packages to Maldivians. Maldivian […]