Patients who have developed Covid-19 like symptoms have been isolated pending further tests from Male' City and five other islands.

Covid-19 Spokesperson Mabrouq Azeez revealed during a press conference that Maldives has begun testing quite strictly. He stated that even individuals who exhibit less than serious symptoms will be tested.

As such a symptomatic individual from Hithadhoo found to have travel to Cochin has been adviced home isolation while samples have been taken. The same have been ordered for local individuals from Lh. Hinnavaru, Dh. Kudahuvadhoo, AA. Ukulhas, R. Faainu and Male' City. They all have a travel history of Sri Lanka, Trivandrum, Cochin, Bengaluru and Island Safari 1.

One of the symptomatic patients in Male' has a travel history to Island Safari 1 and has been identified through contact tracing.

Mabrouq noted that his change in testing is to make sure any and all suspected case gets tested to further strengthen the measures to contain and control the transmission of this virus.

So far, 13 people have tested positive for the disease in the Maldives. All of them are foreigners.