Health Protection Agency HPA says all individuals traveling from the Greater Male' Area must do a PCR test before departing for their destinations as authorities tighten restrictions to fight against the rising number of COVID cases.
HPA said in a tweet that since the positivity rate in the Greater Male' Area of Male', Villimale' and Hulhumale' has risen above 10 percent, it has reinforced the travel measures in the country.
The Agency said under the rules, individuals who have completed two doses of the COVID vaccine must submit a negative PCR result prior to traveling from the Greater Male' Area and that the test must not be older than 72-hours.
It further said that those who have not completed their vaccine doses must complete a mandatory 14-day quarantine after traveling from the capital and can only be released from the quarantine after presenting a negative PCR test.
HPA said that children who are ineligible for the COVID vaccine would be exempted from the quarantine rule.
The Agency urged travelers to use the 'COVID Safe' portal to present the negative PCR result and the 'Haalubelunn' portal to make quarantine arrangements.
