Originally Posted by
lost_in_translation
Looking increasingly likely to me that some of those additional MLE flights won't be needed in the near term. The Maldives has managed to go from a fairly sure fire bet for the green list to not even sure they will make amber at this rate...
I imagine the UK authorities may also be particularly sensitive to the risk that the current spike could have been caused by an influx of visitors from India.
My thoughts exactly, I was in MLE airport a couple of weeks back and it seemed to me that every other person was travelling into/out of/via India.
Its worth noting that the 2 biggest climbers in the (authenticated) virus growth charts are The Seychelles (number 1) and The Maldives (number2) - both muted as "safe" a few months ago but looking unlikely to be green listed IMHO. I appreciate that they both are starting from low levels (and the vast majoritiy of the Maldives infections are in Male not the resorts) but they have rates of over 1000/100k and 500/100k respectivly.