Movement of people to and from Male' city restricted

Movement of people to and from Male; city have been restricted under the instruction of Health protection Agency.

HPA’s instructions state that a temporary ban on people arriving and departing from the capital would be imposed after the capital city confirmed the first case of the Covid-19 virus.

Sun has been informed the patient is a middle-aged woman who lives in the Maafannu district.

A source close to the patient told Sun she does not have any recent travel history overseas. HPA, too, confirms the patient does not have any recent travel history overseas.

She was tested positiver for the disease after she presented herself to the flu clinic located near Male' Hiya on Tuesday.

HPA received the test results confirming the case this Wednesday.

The patient has been moved to an isolation facility, while the neighborhood where she resides in has been temporarily locked down as the rapid response team continues to operate in the area to conduct contact tracing.

The new case marks the sixth Maldivian national to test positive for the disease. The previous cases had been; four people who traveled back from the UK, and one who had traveled back from the Philippines who all tested positive for the virus while under quarantine.