Health Minister Abdulla Ameen, on Saturday, said that that lifting the lockdown on the greater Male’ region within the next few days was an impossibility given the trend of COVID-19 cases in the capital.
At the National Emergency Operations Center press briefing this afternoon, Ameen said that there was no chance of the lockdown on the greater Male’ region being lifted within the next four days.
The lockdown order on Male’ region is set to expire on April 30.
However, Ameen suggested at the press briefing that the lockdown will be extended.
Ameen said that the lockdown was necessary to keep virus cases from increasing exponentially and pushing the health system well beyond its limits.
Any ease in movement restrictions will lead to the rapid spread of the coronavirus within the capital, he said.
To be updated…