With the joint cooperation of the Education Ministry, Islamic Ministry and the Red Crescent, temporary housing and food has been provided to 24 homeless people.

The Minister of Gender, Family and Social Services, Aishath Mohamed Didi sent her gratitude to the three entities for their action.

A tweet sent out by the Maldives Police Service last night said that officers of the Maafannu Police Station had provided state allocated food to the homeless in Male’ City.

The number of people tested positive for COVID-19 in the Maldives have now gone up to 23 with three people confirmed positive in Male’ City yesterday including a 2-year-old.

After the first confirmation yesterday, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) declared a lock down on the Maldivian capital for 24-hours starting from 3:30 p.m. yesterday.

With the 24-hour lock down in effect, the government will be making a decision today on extending the lock down. A number of measures are in place to prevent an epidemic in the country.