The COVID-19 vaccine will be made available for free for all Maldivian citizens, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih announced on Thursday. The President made the remark while speaking at a ceremony held at Laamu Gan to inaugurate the island’s central power plant.
During his remarks, the president acknowledged that a vaccine that is effective against COVID-19 has been found, and that some countries have already begun preparations for inoculation. The government aims to provide free COVID-19 vaccines to every Maldivian citizen without any discrimination, said the president.
While over 270 days have passed since the first case of COVID-19 was registered in the Maldives, over 13,000 positive cases have been recorded to date. Over 91 percent of patients have recovered, and the number of active cases is 898.