July 31, 2020 Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: – Maldives Ministry of Health has reported 3,719 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Additional Information: Maldives opened certain resort islands for tourism on July 15, 2020. Please visit their immigration website for future updates and instructions for entry: https://immigration.gov.mv . Sri Lankan Airlines is intermittently scheduling commercial flights from Male to Colombo. Interested travelers should contact the …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 31 July, 2020 | Topics: Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens
July 23, 2020 Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: Maldives Ministry of Health has reported 3,103 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Maldives opened for tourism to some resort islands on July 15, 2020. Please visit their immigration website for future updates and instructions for entry: https://immigration.gov.mv . Sri Lankan Airlines is intermittently scheduling commercial flights from Male to Colombo. Interested travelers should contact the airlines …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 23 July, 2020 | Topics: Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens
Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: – Maldives Ministry of Health has reported 2,501 confirmed cases of COVID-19. – Sri Lankan Airlines is intermittently scheduling commercial flights from Male to Colombo approximately every two weeks. Interested travelers should contact the airlines directly at mle.sales@srilankan.com or +960 791 6779 …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 8 July, 2020 | Topics: Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens
June 26, 2020 Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: – Sri Lankan Airlines is intermittently scheduling commercial flights from Male to Colombo approximately every two weeks. The next scheduled flight is July 2, 2020. Interested travelers should contact the airlines directly at mle.sales@srilankan.com or +960 …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 26 June, 2020 | Topics: Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens
June 17, 2020 Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: Maldives has reported 2,094 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of June 17, 2020. Sri Lankan Airlines has scheduled a commercial flight from Male to Colombo to Heathrow with connections onward …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 17 June, 2020 | Topics: Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens
June 3, 2020 Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: Maldives has reported 1,829 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of June 1, 2020. Sri Lankan Airlines has scheduled a commercial flight from Male to Colombo to Heathrow with connections onward to the United States on June 11, 2020. …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 3 June, 2020 | Topics: Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens
May 22, 2020 Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: Maldives has reported 1,216 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of May 21, 2020. Sri Lankan Airlines has scheduled a commercial flight from Male to Colombo to Heathrow with connections onward to the United States …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 22 May, 2020 | Topics: Alert
Date: may 15, 2020 Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: Maldives has reported 982 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of May 15, 2020. Maldives remains in a State of Public Health Emergency due to COVID. Malé is currently under curfew, due to newly confirmed cases …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 15 May, 2020 | Topics: Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens
Health Alert for Maldives – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka (May 6, 2020) Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: For travelers wishing to depart Maldives, Sri Lankan Airlines has a scheduled flight on May 13, 2020 from Male …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 6 May, 2020 | Topics: Alert
Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: For travelers wishing to depart Maldives, Neos Airlines has scheduled a commercial flight departing April 24, 2020 to Milan, Italy with connections to the United States. Passengers should contact the airlines directly at neosair.it . This …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 22 April, 2020 | Topics: Alert
Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: Qatar Airlines has scheduled a commercial flight departing April 21, 2020. Travelers are required to provide additional details to the Maldivian authorities before traveling to the airport; see below for more details. Malé is currently under curfew, due to newly confirmed cases …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 20 April, 2020 | Topics: Alert
Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: Malé is currently under curfew, due to newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. For travelers wishing to depart Maldives, Qatar Airlines has scheduled a commercial flight departing April 21, 2020. …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 17 April, 2020 | Topics: Alert
Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent daily for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: For travelers wishing to depart Maldives, Edelweiss Airlines has scheduled a commercial flight departing April 19, 2020 and Qatar Airlines has scheduled a commercial flight departing April 21, 2020. These are the …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 10 April, 2020 | Topics: Alert, News
Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent daily for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: Qatar Airlines scheduled its last routine departure from Maldives on April 1, 2020. This is the last known passenger flight scheduled to depart from Maldives at this time. The embassy strongly advises those who wish to …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 1 April, 2020 | Topics: Alert
Information regarding COVID-19 and Maldives April 29, 2020 Top Updates: Malé is currently under curfew, due to newly confirmed cases of COVID-19. If American Citizens are determined to have COVID-19, they may be placed in quarantine in local hospitals or on islands where they are staying. The Embassy is limited in its ability to visit individuals …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 25 March, 2020 | Topics: Alert
The Department of State advises U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel due to the global impact of COVID-19. In countries where commercial departure options remain available, U.S. citizens who live in the United States should arrange for immediate return to the United States, unless they are prepared to remain abroad for an indefinite period. …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 24 March, 2020 | Topics: Alert, Exclude All, Notification
Exercise increased caution in Maldives due to terrorism and civil unrest. Terrorist groups may conduct attacks with little or no warning, targeting tourist locations, transportation hubs, markets/shopping malls, and local government facilities. Attacks may occur on remote islands which could lengthen the response time of authorities. A country-wide state of emergency is in effect. Security …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 7 February, 2018 | Topics: Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens
Location: Central Male, Maldives Event: Demonstrations are expected to take place from February 6 through February 15, 2018 as the president of the Maldives has declared a state of emergency until February 15. Groups are expected to protest in central Male in response to emerging political developments. Actions to Take: Avoid the areas of the demonstrations. Exercise caution if unexpectedly in …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 5 February, 2018 | Topics: Alert
There is an increased chance of protests in central Male in response to emerging political developments. Further demonstrations are possible over the weekend. Even demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and escalate into violence. You should avoid areas of demonstrations and exercise caution if in the vicinity of any large gatherings, protests, or …
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By U.S. Mission Maldives | 3 February, 2018 | Topics: Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens
