Health Protection Agency (HPA) has revealed that a foreign national in One & Only Reethi Rah Resort, who developed symptoms of COVID-19, has been placed under quarantine for monitoring and testing.

They further noted that a temporary lockdown has been placed on the resort while contact tracing has been initiated.

So far there are six confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Maldives, all of whom are foreign nationals. Five islands including Reethi Rah Resort are now on a temporary lockdown.

The islands on lockdown are; Kuredu Island Resort, Vilamendhoo Island Resort, Sandies Bathala Resort, Kuramathi Island Resort along with One & Only Reethi Rah Resort.

Four of the six confirmed cases are traced back to Kuredu Resort, where an orange alert has been issued while the remaining two cases are from Sandies Bathala Resort.

According to Health Ministry statistics, there are a total of 9 people in isolation at Farukolhufushi.