Opposition political party, People National Congress Maldives (PNC)’s President, Abdul Raheem Abdulla has raised his concerns on the quarantine period set by the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
As per the guidelines of HPA, if you travel from Male' City to any other islands, everyone has to go through the mandatory 14 days of quarantine in their islands unless you are given a special permit to travel for limited number of days from Male'.
In regards to these guidelines, opposition leader Abdul Raheem Abdulla has raised multiple questions. Similarly, public has been criticising the guidelines of HPA on social media as well.
“If permitted from HPA, does Covid-19 stay away? And with the special permits what will happen to the rights of the people?” said Abdul Raheem Abdulla in his tweet.
Speaking at the recent press conference of Health Emergency Operations Centre (HEOC), Dr. Nazla addressed to the concerning issues by saying that the quarantine period in countries are reviewed and minimised in accordance to their capacity of controlling a community spread. Hence, according to the capacity of controlling a community spread, the 14 day quarantine period will be the most efficient to the Maldives.
Further detailing, Dr. Nazla said that if the quarantine period is minimised to 5 days, they can only identify 55% of people who are positive to Covid-19 and 45% maybe left undetected on whether they are positive to Covid-19 or not. She also added that if the quarantine period is minimised to 7 days, they can only identify 80% of people who are positive to Covid-19 and 20% maybe left undetected on whether they are positive to Covid-19 or not.
Dr. Nazla said that if the quarantine period is minimised to 11 days, they can only identify 97% of people who are positive to Covid-19 and 3% maybe left undetected on whether they are positive to Covid-19 or not. Hence, the 3 people left undetected out of 100 can be spreading Covid-19 in communities.
Speaking at the press conference, Dr. Nazla gave assurance that the 14 day mandatory quarantine period can detect up to a 99% if anyone is positive to Covid-19, making it the most effective to avoid or detect a spread.
As per the guidelines of HPA, if you travel from Male' City to any other islands, everyone has to go through the mandatory 14 days of quarantine in their islands unless you are given a special permit to travel for limited number of days from Male'.
In regards to these guidelines, opposition leader Abdul Raheem Abdulla has raised multiple questions. Similarly, public has been criticising the guidelines of HPA on social media as well.
“If permitted from HPA, does Covid-19 stay away? And with the special permits what will happen to the rights of the people?” said Abdul Raheem Abdulla in his tweet.
Speaking at the recent press conference of Health Emergency Operations Centre (HEOC), Dr. Nazla addressed to the concerning issues by saying that the quarantine period in countries are reviewed and minimised in accordance to their capacity of controlling a community spread. Hence, according to the capacity of controlling a community spread, the 14 day quarantine period will be the most efficient to the Maldives.
Further detailing, Dr. Nazla said that if the quarantine period is minimised to 5 days, they can only identify 55% of people who are positive to Covid-19 and 45% maybe left undetected on whether they are positive to Covid-19 or not. She also added that if the quarantine period is minimised to 7 days, they can only identify 80% of people who are positive to Covid-19 and 20% maybe left undetected on whether they are positive to Covid-19 or not.
Dr. Nazla said that if the quarantine period is minimised to 11 days, they can only identify 97% of people who are positive to Covid-19 and 3% maybe left undetected on whether they are positive to Covid-19 or not. Hence, the 3 people left undetected out of 100 can be spreading Covid-19 in communities.
Speaking at the press conference, Dr. Nazla gave assurance that the 14 day mandatory quarantine period can detect up to a 99% if anyone is positive to Covid-19, making it the most effective to avoid or detect a spread.
