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EU and WHO Join Hands to Mitigate Impacts of COVID-19 in Maldives

EU and WHO Join Hands to Mitigate Impacts of COVID-19 in Maldives

By Maldives Times 3 min read

The World Health Organization country office for the Maldives (WHO), with financial support worth EUR 1 million from the European Union (EU), will help improve emergency response capacities in the Maldives to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. The support will focus on improving the management of COVID-19 cases. This will be done through the provision […]

Maldives refutes ‘plastic’ rice reports

Maldives refutes ‘plastic’ rice reports

By Maldives Times 1 min read

Maldives Food and Drug Authority on Monday refuted reports of ‘plastic’ rice in the country, insisting that tests thus far have been negative. In a letter sent to Lily International which is the importer of renowned rice brand ‘Kohinoor’, FDA said the investigation into reports had not revealed any traces of plastic in the rice […]