Civil court has placed an order to a Austrian citizen whom refuse to go under quarantine.

The order was placed on the Austrian citizen due to his refusal to go into quarantine. This is the first time a foreign national was ordered by a court to into quarantine. Previously, the same order was placed on two locals whom refused to cooperate by going into quarantine by themselves.

As the number of coronavirus in the Maldives increases the government is putting there full efforts to control the spread of the virus.