667-bed quarantine facility built in Hulhumale’ for expatriates

A distribution center built by Housing Development Corporation (HDC) in suburban Hulhumale’ has been converted to a quarantine facility for migrant workers.

According to HDC, the facility has 667 beds and has an additional toilet block with a shower area which was completed within 10 days.

The distribution center converted to a quarantine facility was recently built by HDC.

The construction work of the toilet blocks, in order to convert it to a quarantine facility, was undertaken by Fido as a CSR initiative.

Following the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Male’, especially within the migrant community, the Director General of Public Health, on Saturday, ordered for all migrant workers in the Greater Male’ Region who are vulnerable to getting infected with COVID-19 to be quarantined in a facility designation by National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC).

They include; migrant workers who have no established place of employment or accommodation, migrant workers who live in addresses that are being monitored by Maldives Police Service, migrant workers among primary or secondary contacts of confirmed cases who are deemed to be vulnerable, and also migrant workers who do not fall within the aforementioned categories but are deemed to be vulnerable regardless.