The National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) has revealed that monitoring measures have been lifted for two islands in Shaviyani atoll.

This was revealed during the daily press conference held at the NEOC headquarters on Thursday night.

Monitoring measures were lifted from Feevah and Funadhoo islands of the atoll, these islands were brought under monitoring on April 25.

A number of islands in the atoll were brought under monitoring after a number of passengers onboard “Amaaz” and “Kaaviya” boat tested positive for the wide-spreading Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) infection.

12 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed from Narudhoo and Milandhoo islands of the atoll, out of which 11 are from Narudhoo, where the captain of “Amaaz” boat is native to. The captain tested positive for Covid-19 after carrying about 98 passengers to a number of islands, from April 15 – 16.

With this development, there are currently seven islands including the Maldives capital, Malé City under monitoring.

The power to place monitoring measures on islands is vested to the Director General of Public Health, Maimoona Aboobakuru.