These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals:
Confirmation of five new cases of Coronavirus in Malta, bringing the total number of infected patients up to 53. Professor Gauci stated that the majority of cases are travel-related, and others of local transmission which were linked to groups of which they had already been aware, but some others have been infected within the community. The Superintendent reiterated her appeal for people to remain indoors in order to stop the spread of the virus within the community. The Superintendent also appealed to anyone feeling unwell to call on helpline 111. Source: TVM
The Chamber of Commerce has called the measures announced by the Maltese government to inject a €1 billion cash relief into businesses affected by the COVID-19 and €900 in bank guarantees “very disappointing”. It said they fell short of its repeated calls over the past two weeks, saying employees were the biggest losers from the support package, despite claims that the measures were intended to protect jobs. Source: MaltaToday
President George Vella in a televised address to the nation on Thursday thanked all care-givers on the frontline of the battle against coronavirus and urged everyone to follow directives issued by the health authorities. He also expressed solidarity with patients, saying they are in good hands. Source: Times of Malta
A Frenchman is reported to have breached quarantine rules five times and has been fined €9,000. Three of the instances took place when the fines was €1,000, and the other two after it was raised to €3,000 per breach. Source: The Malta Independent
The Building and Construction Agency has requested the police to initiate criminal proceedings against the developer and architect with regards to the incident in Ivo Muscat Azzopardi Street, St Julian’s on Wednesday. Nobody was injured when the collapse took place in a construction site. According to reports, the developer is also involved in the Hamrun building collapse from earlier this month, which claimed the life of Miriam Pace. Source: Newsbook
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