Monitoring measures have been lifted from Fuvahmulah City.

In a bid to control the Covid-19 outbreak in the city, authorities first implemented monitoring measures on February 12. It was lifted on March 9. The city was placed under monitoring for a second time on May 5 and released from monitoring on August 5. However, due to spiking cases, monitoring measures were enforced a third time on August 21.

The monitoring measures were enforced at a time around 200 Covid-19 cases were confirmed in the city.

The city council revealed that despite monitoring measures being revoked, safety measures and guidelines are to be adhered to, strictly. The council will be monitoring whether or not the guidelines enforced by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) are followed by residents.

As such, the city residents are to strictly follow the social distancing and face mask rule, with events and parties discouraged by the council, for now.

A number of precautionary measures and restrictions had been implemented, alongside awareness efforts on the importance of vaccination. Healthcare authorities later implemented eases to restrictions, despite which the community has been urged to do their part to control the spread of Covid-19.

According to the latest figures publicized by HPA, there are 18 islands under monitoring currently.

The island which has remained under monitoring for the longest period of time, is Dhuvaafaru. As such, it has been almost four months since the island was placed under monitoring on May 25.