The Waste Management Corporation Limited (WAMCO) will be resuming services from Thursday onwards.

This was revealed by the Managing Director of WAMCO, Adam Mohamed during a program on RaajjeTV on Wednesday night.

As such, the company 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.

Adam highlighted that WAMCO services were provided during the curfew announced by the government at the beginning of April and that they had special passes to continue services.

He added that the services were halted amid the lockdown as contact tracing is ongoing for the positive patients discovered in the region on Wednesday.

Shedding light on the measures taken by the company to ensure the safety of their employees, Adam highlighted that a contingency plan has also been formed and employees will be wearing risk gear when servicing risk zones.

WAMCO has urged customers to keep waste packed in double bags to ensure safety.

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.

As of Thursday, there have been a total of 23 positive cases in the country and 16 recoveries.