On March 8, Maldives reported its first cases of the novel coronavirus, as two hotel employees tested positive for Covid at a luxury resort in the archipelago. Eighteen more cases — all foreigners working or staying resorts and liveaboard vessels except five Maldivians who had returned from abroad — were later identified. A six-case cluster of locals, detected in capital Male last week, confirmed community transmission of the coronavirus.
Several more clusters have since been identified, bringing the total number of confirmed case in the Maldives to The Maldives announced a state of public health emergency on March 12, the first such declaration under a recent public health protection law. The public health emergency declaration has allowed the government to introduce a series of unprecedented restrictive and social distancing measures, including stay-at-home orders in capital Male and its suburbs, a ban on inter-island transport and public gatherings across the country, and a nationwide closing of government offices, schools, colleges and universities.
Non-essential services and public places in the capital such as gyms, cinemas and parks have also been shut. Restaurants and cafes in the capital have been asked to stop dine-in service and switch to takeaway and delivery.
A nationwide shutdown of all guesthouses, city hotels and spa facilities located on inhabited islands is also in effect. However, tourist arrivals saw a year-over-year decline of Officials say the number of tourist arrivals to the Maldives could drop by half in All international airlines have suspended scheduled operations to the Maldives, as the island nation enforced a blanket suspension of on-arrival visa in late March in a bid to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Even before the visa suspension, the Maldives had closed its borders to arrivals from some of the worst-hit countries, including mainland China, Italy, Bangladesh, Iran, Spain, the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.
With arrival numbers falling and the visa suspension in effect, several resorts across the Maldives had been closed. Janet Woodcock net worth. Sinatraa net worth. Jason Standridge net worth. Russell Yates net worth. Sam Whitelock net worth. Shawn Oakman net worth.
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