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Lamya Abdulla
Children with Palestinian flags, showing solidarity to Palestine Photo: Nishan Ali/ Mihaaru
Lamya Abdulla
Maldives suspended all relations with Israel, following the atrocities committed against the people of Palestine.
On Tuesday, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih said via Twitter that the people of Maldives stand in solidarity with Palestine. Tweeting with a photo of the Palestinian flag, the President used the #FreePalestine hashtag as well.
His actions came at a time when the Maldivian public have been showing their support to the Palestinian cause by using the colours of the Palestinian flag all over the island nation. The public movement showed Maldivians waving the flag from their households, in solidarity with Palestine.
Samples being collected for Covid-19 testing
Health Protection Agency
Maldives Covid-19 tally has surpassed the 30,000-mark.
According to the latest statistics publicized by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) on Saturday night, Saturday marked the sixth consecutive day where Maldives recorded alarming numbers of new infections. As such 402 new infections were confirmed through 3,854 samples collected for testing between 6pm Friday and 6pm Saturday.
The Maldives Covid-19 tally has been pushed to 30,237 with the new cases, of which 174 were reported in the Greater Malé Region, 179 from residential islands and six from operational resorts. Further, an additional 43 new infections were confirmed from islands reserved for industrial purposes.