Sources: Reuters
Maldives reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a tourist that arrived in the country. 2021-12-5
Maldives bans entry to flights from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho, Malawi and Eswatini. 2021-11-28
The Maldives imposes a curfew from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m. and will only allow people to travel for a few hours each day to obtain essential supplies in order to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases. 2021-05-26
The United Kingdom adds Turkey, the Maldives and Nepal to its "red list" of countries, where travellers will be required to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days upon their return to the UK at their own expense. Twelve countries are also added to the government's "green list", including Portugal and Israel. This new "traffic light system" will take effect on May 17, when international travel is no longer illegal. 2021-05-7
Argentina reports 24,130 new cases of COVID-19, a record for the fourth consecutive day, thereby bringing the total cases to nearly 2.5 million. 2021-04-9
The Maldives Food and Drug Authority approves the emergency use of the Pfizer–BioNTech and the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccines. 2021-03-15
Malaysia reports a record 21 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 791. 2021-02-2
India begins exporting the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan and Maldives. 2021-01-20
President Joko Widodo announces that the COVID-19 vaccine would be free of charge for all Indonesians, amending the government's earlier decision to limit the free vaccination programme only for healthcare frontline workers and the poor. 2020-12-16