The Waste Management Corporation Limited (WAMCO) has announced the decision to temporarily halt all services following the government’s declaration of a 24-hour lockdown across the Greater Malé Region on Wednesday.

The company made the reveal via a statement, shortly after the Director General of Public Health, Maimoona Aboobakur announced the lockdown, via the Health Protection Agency (HPA).

This measure was taken under the direction of the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC), said WAMCO, adding that all services including their call center services, will be halted until further notice.

Further, the company closed all of its waste transfer stations in the Greater Malé Region in light of the recent developments.

This will be in effect until further notice and the company has urged everyone to reduce the number of waste disposals at households and offices.

Apologizing for inconveniences this measure may cause, the company revealed that further developments in connection to the situation across the country will be shared with the people as they come.

As of Wednesday, there have been a total of 21 positive cases in the country and 16 recoveries. With the recent case, six Maldivians have thus far tested positive to the disease, with three of them having recovered. Authorities revealed that the recent case does not have a travel history.