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
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
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
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