Covid-19

Second Covid-19 wave disrupts EU economic recovery

Economic rebound was interrupted as the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic hit Europe, the European Commission found. Economic activity in Europe suffered a severe shock in the first half…

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Maltese Editors’ Perspectives

The Times of Malta reacts to reports that Malta Financial Services Authority chief Joseph Cuschieri travelled to Las Vegas with murder suspect Yorgen Fenech. It calls for his resignation and…

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Malta: COVID-19 rapid testing commenced today

COVID-19 rapid testing commenced today with the result being announced just after a few minutes. This is taking at Boffa Hospital in Floriana for health workers, passenger arrivals at Luqa…

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Covid-19 2nd Wave – The Dramatic Scenario inside Europe’s Hospitals in Pictures

In Europe the picture is unrelentingly grim as a string of countries reported record increases, led by France, which posted more than 50,000 daily cases for the first time on…

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Malta: BOV Gżira and Marsa branches back in service

Bank of Valletta would like to advise its customers that with effect from Wednesday 21st October, it will be reopening its Gżira and Marsa Branches. The Branches were temporarily closed…

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Malta: 10 patients aged between 46 & 76 in ITU due to Coronavirus

The Ministry for Health confirmed with Newsbook.com.mt that 10 patients are currently receiving care in the intensive care unit at Mater Dei Hospital after they contracted coronavirus. A spokesperson for the Ministry…

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Malta: Covid-19 vaccine expected to arrive in January

Health Minister Chris Fearne said a Covid-19 vaccine should be administered to the entire country six months after it is issued. The government predicts that Malta should have an injection…

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Malta: Covid-19 related decisions should be in the hands of health authorities – PN

The government should leave the necessary decisions related to the coronavirus pandemic in the hands of the health authorities, Partit Nazzjonalista said on Monday The PN’s action team on coronavirus…

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Malta: Too little, too late – Forum Unions Maltin about COVID-19 measures

The authorities should implement stronger COVID-19 measures, such as the temporary closure of establishments where people have to congregate indoors, Forum Unions Maltin said on Monday. On Friday, the government said that…

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Maltese Editors’ Perspectives

The Times of Malta says the government has not succeeded in balancing health and economic needs. It says health seems to have taken second place, which is a short-sighted move.…

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Malta: ‘Govt kept 65% of budgetary promises despite Covid-19’ – Scicluna

Minister for Finance and Financial Services Edward Scicluna outlined how the Government kept 65% of its 2020 budget promises despite Covid-19 disruptions. Scicluna was presenting the publication of the 2020…

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Malta: PN to draw up COVID-19 action

The Nationalist Party will be launching an action plan, in light of “the government’s incompetence” in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Opposition leader Bernard Grech said the party has launched…

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Malta: No one allowed to disembark from cruise liner on which there is a possible case of COVID-19

Tourism Minister Julia Farrugia Portelli said this morning that Maltese authorities were informed that on a cruise liner which was on its way to Malta there was a possible case…

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Malta: Authorities turn to students, retired health workers for contact-tracing help

Authorities have turned to students, trainees and retired health workers asking them to help with contact tracing as the numbers of COVID-19 cases reach record highs. And they have brought…

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Malta: 81% of vouchers have been used, leaving €52.6 million in the economy to date

Th Economy Minister Silvio Schembri said that to date the vouchers have left more than €52.6 million in the economy while almost 19% of the vouchers issued have not yet…

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€9.4 billion budget needed for new EU health programme

To fill gaps exposed by COVID-19 and ensure that health systems can face future threats to public health, an ambitious EU health programme is needed, say MEPs. On Wednesday, the…

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Malta: No immediate plan to reduce 14-day quarantine period, health ministry says

Malta has no plans to make changes to its two-week quarantine rules unless advised otherwise by the World Health Organisation and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the health…

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Malta: Five COVID-19 cases at Luqa civic amenity site

Five workers at Wasteserv’s civic amenity site in Luqa have tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the agency to shut all other facilities in Malta. Wasteserv said on Monday that after…

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Malta: ‘False information’ about COVID-19 in schools is causing chaos, says union

Panicked parents are rushing from work to take their children out of school after hearing speculation about COVID-19 outbreaks, a teachers’ union has claimed. The Malta Union of Teachers said…

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Covid-19 is not transmitted to newborn from breast milk

COVID-19 does not get passed on to a newborn from breast milk, according to a study coordinated by Turin's Città della Salute (City of Health) and published in the Frontiers…

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Malta: 85-year-old elderly man dies whilst positive for Covid-19

The Health Ministry has announced the death of an 85-year-old elderly man whilst positive for Covid-19. The patient had been confirmed as positive for Covid-19 on 27 September and on…

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Malta: Covid-19 mortality rate is highest in Europe

Malta’s COVID-19 mortality rate is now the highest in Europe, after shooting up past Spain to reach 3.6 deaths per 100,000 people. In a daily update from the latest figures supplied by…

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Hungary threatens EU’s COVID-19 recovery financing over rule of law

Hungary has refused to grant final approval of the European Union's planned 750 billion euros (669.5 billion pounds) borrowing to spur economic recovery in the bloc from the coronavirus pandemic without guarantees…

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EU donates €400 million to global access cause for Coronavirus vaccine

The European Commission contributed €400 million in guarantees to support the Covid-19 Global Access (COVAX) facility yesterday. The organisation seeks to provide universal access to affordable coronavirus vaccination, treatment and…

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COVID-19 can wipe out health care progress in short order: WHO

More than 90% of countries have seen ordinary health services disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with major gains in medical care attained over decades vulnerable to being wiped out in a short period, a World Health Organization survey showed. The Geneva-based body has…

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Malta-24 News Briefing – Tuesday 25th August 2020

Updated 1730 - Newspaper ReviewTimes of Malta reports that Steward Health Care Malta had said that it has no objection in principle to government employees working at Gozo General Hospital,…

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