<span style="color: #222222;">India is planning evacuation of Indian nationals in Maldives within a week on compelling grounds such as medical, stranded tourists and death of family members etc.<br />''<br />''Indian high commission in Male said that the evacuation will be carried out through a ship arranged from Male to Kochi.<br />''<br />''It will be carried out for first lot of 200 Indians though an exact date for it is yet to be announced.<br />''<br />''The high commission said the returnees will need to be quarantined for 14 days at Kochi and will have to make their own travel plans for future destinations.<br />''<br />''The measure came as hundreds of Indian nationals, particularly for Kerala and other southern states are employed in tourism and service sector in Maldives.<br />''<br />''The neighboring country has seen a sudden community outbreak of COVID during mid – April and over five hundred persons have tested positive, including over 50 Indian nationals.<br />''<br />''There are few stranded tourists also from India who have been demanding their return to home places.</span><br />