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Male, June 30: Maldivian President Ibrahim Solih announced that the island nation will reopen borders to arrivals from South Asia on July 15, subject to an assessment of the Covid-19 situation in each country, local media reported on Wednesday. Solih, in a public statement on Tuesday, said that the primary objective of his government is to restart the country's economy amid the extended lockdown restrictions necessitated by the third wave of the pandemic that peaked in May, reports Xinhua news agency. Solih said that the ongoing curfew hours would be reduced to 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. starting from Thursday....
