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COVID-19: 17 test positive on Kandima Maldives

Mariyam Malsa
01 November 2020, MVT 14:32
An aerial view of Kandima resort
Mariyam Malsa
01 November 2020, MVT 14:32

Health Emergency Operation Centre (HEOC), on Sunday, revealed that 17 samples out of 20 collected from Kandima Maldives tested positive for COVID-19.

A medical team from Dhaalu Atoll Hospital is currently operating on the resort in order to conduct contact tracing efforts and collect additional samples.

According to the centre, efforts are currently underway to transport high-risk individuals that tested positive to a health facility.

Authorities prohibited movement to and from the resort, located in Dhaalu Atoll, on Saturday evening.

However, tourists currently at the resort will be permitted to depart if they have not come into contact with any of the positive individuals and receive a negative result after a PCR test.

At present, all tourists are required to present a negative COVID-19 test conducted within 96 hours prior to their arrival and are subjected to thermal screening at the airport.

Maldives reopened its borders to international passengers on July 15, after nearly four months since the state halted issuing on-arrival visas on March 27. Guesthouses were permitted to resume operations and kick start local tourism on October 15.

The country currently records a total of 11,659 virus cases of which 800 are active cases, in addition to 10,814 recoveries and 38 deaths.

Although the majority of positive cases are recorded in the Greater Male' Region, active virus cases are also present in 18 inhabited islands as well as 27 resorts across the archipelago.

On March 12, WHO classified the spread of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. To date, the new strain of novel coronavirus has infected over 46.3 million people and claimed over 1.2 million lives around the world. However, out of those infected, more than 33.4 million people have recovered.

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