National Emergency Operations Center NEOC Spokesperson all the random samples taken from Kaafu Atoll Himmafushi have tested negative for Covid-19
Briefing the media on the latest developments on the efforts to combat the Covid-19 global pandemic in the Maldives, Mabrook said surveillance samples were taken from Himmafushi to dismiss concerns of a community spread of the virus in the island after three individuals from the Drug Treatment and rehabilitation center there tested positive for the Covid-19.
Mabrook noted that 36 samples were taken from Asseyri Prison while 37 samples were recorded from DTRC.
He added that 45 samples were taken from the industrial zone while 28 samples were taken from the general public from the island making it a total of 146 samples. He confirmed that all the samples have tested negative for Covid-19.
HPA has confirmed that one of the residents of the rehabilitation center has visited a household in Male’ before checking into the rehab and a person from that household had tested positive for Covid-19.
HPA had speculated that it is highly likely that the resident from the rehab center contracted the virus from this same household.
