National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) has said it is looking for expatriates who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Speaking at the daily press briefing, Spokesperson of NEOC Mohamed Mabrook Azeez said the authorities are looking for 3 expatriates who have tested positive for COVID-19. Mabrook said the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has information on the individuals, adding they were not found in the addresses given when the medical teams went to move them to an isolation facility. He did not disclose the nationalities of the individuals. NEOC found the individuals missing on May 6 or 7.
Furthermore, the spokesperson said medical teams will be visiting different sites to take random samples and would be asking for personal details including contact numbers and addresses. He added Maldives Police Service (MPS) has helped HPA in finding 4 individuals who could not be found in the given addresses, with authorities now looking for the remaining 3 individuals.