COVID-19: Govt converts HIH quarantine facility to an isolation facility

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in the country, the government on Tuesday converted the quarantine facility established at the airport transit hotel 'Hulhule' Island Hotel' (HIH) to an isolation facility.

Speaking at a nation-wide broadcasted press conference, President's Office's Communications Undersecretary Mabrouq Abdul Azeez said that 137 individuals are currently under lockdown at the facility and would be transferred to other facilities.