Samples are being taken for testing from eight more Maldivians, reveals authorities.
This was revealed by the government’s spokesperson for the Covid-19 task-force, Mabrook Aziz during a press conference on Tuesday night.
Mabrook revealed that samples are being taken from Maldivians in six regions of the nation including capital city Malé.
They are from Hithadhoo district of southernmost Addu City, Hinnavaru island of Lhaviyani atoll, Kudahuvadhoo island in Dhaalu atoll, Ukulhas island in Alif Alif atoll, Fainu in Raa atoll and the capital.
As such, they have been placed in home-isolation after they developed symptoms for the infectious disease.
Details of their travel history are as follows;
- One Maldivian from Hithadhoo, Addu City, who is to have travelled to Cochin in neighboring India,
- One Maldivian from Hinnavaru in Lhaviyani atoll, who is to have travelled to neighboring Sri Lanka,
- One Maldivian from Kudahuvadhoo in Dhaalu atoll, who is to have travelled to Trivandrum, India,
- One Maldivian from Ukulhas island in Alif Alif atoll who is to have travelled to Trivandrum, India,
- One Maldivian from Fainu, Raa atoll, who is to have travelled to Cochin in neighboring India,
- One Maldivian from Malé who is to have travelled to Bangalore, India,
- One Maldivian from Malé who is to have travelled to Sri Lanka, and
- One Maldivian who was identified as a contact of the positive patient on-board Island Safari 1
In addition, authorities have also begun taking samples from an individual who has been placed under home isolation, following symptoms. Although Mabrook did not disclose the person’s nationality, he added that the case emerged from RIU Hotel in Dhaalu atoll.
Sharing details of the case that emerged from Villimalé after a Maldivian returned from South Korea, Mabrook stated that the person had been taken into Farukolhufushi with the assistance from the Maldives Police Service on Tuesday evening.
The person was instructed to stay home as a team of health professionals was being dispatched to the capital’s suburban district for him. However, the team is to have been told by family members that the suspected case was “not at home”, following which they sought assistance from authorities to seek him out.
These samples have been taken under the additional measures implemented by the government to strengthen the fight against the disease, which surfaced in the Maldives on 7 March and has swept across outlying resorts throughout the course of the past few days.
