Cafes and restaurants in the Male' area has been ordered to stop serving customers.

Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced on Twitter that restaurants and cafés are banned from providing in-house dinning services but they will be allowed to open for deliveries and takeaway.

Delivery allowed with a permit from the Maldives Police Service until 12 a.m. according to the HPA Tweet.

HPA has also announcement that a curfew will be imposed in the Greater Malé Area that (Malé, Hulhumalé, Villimalé) from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. starting from 12 May 2021, for the duration of one week as part of their efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The number of Covid-19 cases have been on a rise lately, with the country reporting over 1,000 new infections for three days in a row.