An official of the Maldives Centre for Community Health and Disease Control (CCHDC) has told the independent news site Minivan News that it was not calling for any travel restrictions as a result of the influenza report, but added that the centre did urge any travellers to be cautious when visiting Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka's English Daily Mirror on line quoting another Maldivian news source reported yesterday that the CCHDC has advised the Maldivians to reduce travel to Sri Lanka.
The CCHDC urged the travelers to exercise caution and maintain basic hygiene measures like washing hands, particularly among those most susceptible to the disease such as pregnant women, children and the elderly.
"The disease is spread by the respiratory routes, so we recommend avoiding crowded areas as much as possible, particularly as measures like wearing masks will not really help," a spokesperson for the centre has said.
The CCHDC has said that that no cases of the disease have been confirmed in the Maldives of late.
According to Sri Lanka's epidemiology Unit of Health Ministry a sharp decline in number of patients has been observed in the past week and only 18 cases of influenza A/ H1N1 have been reported in the week from December 20-26th.. No deaths have been reported during that week. A total of 22 deaths have been reported since last week of October.
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