JA Manafaru being monitored after sample collection from Maldivian for COVID testing

Samples have been collected from a Maldivian at JA Manafaru to be tested for COVID-19 Corona Virus after developing symptoms of the illness.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) tweeted today that the individual has been placed under home-isolation. The resort is currently under monitoring.

As a precautionary measure;
samples will be taken from a Maldivian national in JA Manafaru Maldives Resort who developed #COVID19 like symptoms.

The individual has been placed under home-isolation.

The resort is currently under monitoring.

— Health Protection Agency (@HPA_MV) March 25, 2020

HPA said that the resort is under monitoring status until the results come back as a precautionary measure.

So far 13 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Maldives; all foreigners. The government have previously said that five of them have recovered from the illness.