Maldives bans South Asia travellers as COVID19 cases soar
A medical worker wearing full protective gear takes a COVID-19 swab sample from a man in Male on Jun 5, 2020. MALE: The Maldives on Wednesday banned travellers from across South Asia in a bid to contain surging COVID-19 infections despite having one of the world's most successful vaccination roll-outs.
The Indian Ocean nation, which halted international flights for more than three months last year, saw a record single-day rise of 1,500 cases on Tuesday - compared with less than 100 just one month ago. Travellers from other countries are still permitted to travel to the Maldives with a negative coronavirus test but are not allowed to have contact with the local population.A curfew from 9pm to 4am has been extended to start at 4pm as part of measures to counter the virus.
About 60 per cent of the Maldives' resident population of 515,000 has received a shot - one of the world's highest figures - but less than a quarter have had two injections, a top UN official said.
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