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Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka

Date: 06 December 2021 Location: SRI LANKA and MALDIVES, countrywide Event: On December 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will implement a one-day COVID-19 testing requirement for travelers over age two coming to the United States. Regardless of vaccination status or nationality, any individual coming to the United States must show to the airline a negative pre-departure COVID-19 viral test ...

By U.S. Mission Maldives | 6 December, 2021 | Topics: Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens

Health Alert – U. S. Embassy (Colombo, Sri Lanka)

Date: December 3, 2021 Location: Sri Lanka and Maldives Event: On November 26, the White House announced a travel restriction for certain travelers physically present within the Republic of Botswana, the Kingdom of Eswatini, the Kingdom of Lesotho, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mozambique, the Republic of Namibia, the Republic of South Africa, and ...

By U.S. Mission Maldives | 3 December, 2021 | Topics: Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens

FACT SHEET – U.S. RESPONSE TO COVID-19 IN MALDIVES

The United States and Maldives have worked closely together to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic since its outset. The United States has donated over 128,700 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to Maldives and committed $4.6 million to Maldives’ COVID-19 response and recovery, in addition to an in-kind donation of 60 portable ventilators. This assistance has reached across the ...

By U.S. Mission Maldives | 9 August, 2021 | Topics: News

U.S. donates 128,700 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to Maldives

August 9, 2021 Male, Maldives — The U.S. donated 128,700 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to Maldives as part of the United States’ global efforts to fight the COVID-10 pandemic. These vaccines, delivered through COVAX, will save lives and increase COVID-19 vaccination coverage essential to ending the pandemic. These vaccines are a gift, provided entirely free to the Maldivian ...

By U.S. Mission Maldives | 9 August, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases

U.S. donates 100,000 Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Maldives for early COVID-19 detection

July 15, 2021 Male, Maldives — The United States is donating 100,000 Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) to Maldives as part of its commitment to help the Maldivian people combat COVID-19. These tests, worth 4.56 million Maldivian rufiyaa ($300,000), were delivered today to the Maldives Ministry of Health through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). “The generosity of the American people will have life-saving impacts ...

By U.S. Mission Maldives | 15 July, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases

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