Covid-19: monitoring status lifted from Himmafushi island
The Kaafu atoll island was placed under monitoring on May 15
Himmafushi island, Kaafu atoll
Monitoring measures have been lifted from Himmafushi island in Kaafu atoll.
This was revealed on Friday night, at the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC)’s Covid-19 press briefing.
The island was placed under monitoring on May 15, following the confirmation of Covid-19 cases from the Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre (DTRC).
While over 140 samples were taken from the island from testing, authorities on Tuesday revealed that they were all negative for Covid-19.
Three clients at DTRC tested positive last Friday.
One of those that tested positive from the rehab was one of the four clients that checked in on April 14 and NEOC said that an individual from a house that they had visited prior to checking in at the rehab facility had also tested positive.
However, it is not clear if this is how the virus reached the facility.
