The total number of people that have been vaccinated with the first dose now stands at 364,064 with 4,417 being administered the first dose on Thursday.

As of now, a total of 65,736 persons are to be vaccinated with the second dose; 298,328 people have received both doses.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that the first dose was administered to 1,143 people in the Greater Male’ Area on Thursday as well as 3,274 people in atolls. Further, the 772 second doses administered on Thursday include 470 in the Greater Male’ Area and 302 in atolls.

With the Health Emergency Operations Center (HEOC)'s announcement that the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive launched in February is now in its final stages, more people people have being receiving their jabs. Further, various protocols and restrictions have been announced for unvaccinated persons.

The government aims to have 95 percent of the eligible adult population vaccinated by the end of August. While authorities have now begin administering Pfizer vaccine to children aged 12 to 17, work is underway to complete first doses of all eligible children before the end of the month.

HPA is working with the education ministry to support the government's aim, with awareness programmes held for parents to ensure that all school children are given consent to receive vaccination.

While President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has called on all eligible to "go and get vaccinate shots now", he stressed that Maldives is “among the few countries that have been able to secure enough vaccines to immunize the entire eligible population”.