More than 337,000 persons have completed both doses of vaccination against Covid-19 across the Maldives.
883 vaccination doses including 721 second doses and 162 first doses were administered under the government’s “Covid-19 Dhifaau” inoculation drive on Monday.
According to the Health Protection Agency (HPA), 327 residents of the Greater Malé Region and 556 persons residing across outlying atolls were inoculated on Monday.
As such, the first doses were administered to 76 Greater Malé residents and 86 atoll residents, whereas 251 Greater Malé residents and 470 residents of atolls received second doses.
The total number of persons who have received first doses currently sits at 391,960, with 337,293 persons having completed both doses nationwide.
The number of persons currently awaiting second doses of the Covid-19 vaccination across the country has dropped further to 54,667 with this development.
There are currently three mobile teams across six vaccination centers in the capital region, as well as 176 vaccination centers spanning outlying atolls.
The incumbent administration of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih launched the “Covid-19 Dhifaau” inoculation drive on February 1.
During his General Debate Statement at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday, the president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih stated that 95 percent of school children have been vaccinated so far, with 85 percent of persons having been vaccinated so far across the nation.
HPA announced restrictions for unvaccinated persons from September 1 earlier, however, it has since been revealed that the implementation of the restrictions will be delayed, as the government is currently working on launching an adequate application through which unvaccinated persons may be tracked and monitored.
Restrictions that unvaccinated persons will be facing include a ban on domestic travel and disallowing tourists to check in to guesthouses if they are unvaccinated. Further, civil servants who have not been vaccinated yet will also be required to present negative PCR test results every 14 days.
Authorities continue to urge the public to receive their vaccination shots, in order to help curb complications from the virus.
