A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
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 […]
The future is here. Travel Trade Maldives (TTM) has announced plans to launch “Virtual Maldives”, a project that will assist Maldives tourism industry to reach new heights. Virtual reality is here, and the future of tourism is to change forever that could have a big impact on the Maldives tourism industry in the next few […]
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 […]
Dhiraagu has introduced a special Prepaid Data Value Pack for Ramadan where customers will be able to enjoy 3GB data for just MVR 75. This data value pack is to provide further ease and flexibility to its Prepaid customers using mobile data. Customers can download DhiraaguApp to activate the Data Value Pack, which will be valid for 7 days from the time of activation. This offer will continue throughout Ramadan until the end of May 2020. In addition to that, Dhiraagu Mobile […]
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Maldives have reached 191, with no fatalities reported so far. Here are the latest updates on COVID-19. Virus Timeline in the Country A total of 50 cases has been reported, which includes 41 foreigners and 9 Locals. Health Minister Ameen has hinted that the ongoing lockdown in the Greater […]
The government of Maldives has temporarily closed all educational institutes in its efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. With the community spread in the capital city Male’, the uncertainty surrounding the resume of educational institutes rise. The government has started Tele-classes to help students cope with the curriculum, especially for grade 10 students. Universities […]
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. […]
Amidst the community spread of COVID-19, the Maldives government has imposed a 14-day lockdown in the Greater Male’ area. This has opened the window of opportunity to many local retailers to explore the depth of e-commerce. The Maldives economy is still in its preliminary stage of e-commerce, and the immediate complaints of delays in delivery […]
National Emergency Operations Center has revealed that the Maldives is making progress in flattening the curve. Speaking at the press conference, spokesperson Mabrouq Azeez shared the graph which compares the actual figures with projections on virus spread compared with 25 per cent compliance to social distancing measures and 75 per cent compliance to social distancing […]