Authorities have revealed that over 180 contacts have been identified, in relation to the 17 new Covid-19 cases reported thus far on Tuesday.
This includes two “contact hubs” with a possible 50 and 140 direct contacts in each.
The new cases include seven Bangladeshi nationals and 10 Maldivians including an 80-year-old man.
- Case 68 , Bangladeshi, works in Kuda Villingilli: eight contacts
- Case 69, MNDF staff: 41 contacts
- Cases 70, 71 and 72, MHA employee and two family members: 34 contacts
- Case 73, Maldivian, traveled with Patient 68: 4 contacts (68)
- Cases 74 and 75, Contacts of Patient 36: three contacts
- Cases 76, 77 and 78, undocumented workers: two contact hubs with 50 and 140 contacts
- Case 79, contact of Patient 31: (not clear)
- Case 80, contact of Patient 35 (colleagues at Bank of Ceylon): 14 contacts
- Case 81, 80-year-old Maldivian male: 20 contacts
- Case 82, child of Patient 35: no contacts
- Case 83, Bangladeshi: 15 contacts
- Case 84, Maldivian: four contacts
With these new cases, the city’s Covid-19 total case count has reached 64, and the country’s is at 84.
The first community transmission case was detected on April 15, after authorities made the decision to increase testing at the flu clinics. However, they estimate the community transmission to have started "about three weeks ago".
The capital is currently on lockdown until April 30 following the discovery of a community transmission, and travel between islands have been banned unless authorized as a number of people had travelled to the outlying islands from the capital. As such, those that left the city from April 15 have been asked to self-isolate and inform relevant authorities.
