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The Ministry of Health, on Wednesday, announced the extension of the State of Public Health Emergency declared in Maldives due to the COVID-19 pandemic, until March 5.
According to the ministry, the state of emergency was extended as a safety precaution after the Health Protection Agency (HPA)'s Director-General of Public Health Maimoona Aboobakuru expressed the necessity of implementing measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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