covid
Maltese Editorials’ Perspectives
The Times of Malta says that COVID has exposed the vulnerability of the country’s air connectivity, with airlines substantially reducing the routes…
EU parliament chief asks leaders for more money to unlock EU recovery package
European Parliament President David Sassoli asked EU leaders on Thursday to increase the bloc's next seven-year budget by 39 billion euros to…
EU health agency warns of “true resurgence” of Covid-19
The European Union’s health agency has called on member states that are seeing an increase in cases of coronavirus to reinstate control…
Malta-24 – News Briefing – Tuesday 7th July 2020
Updated 1508 - PM meeting with EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy PM Robert Abela is this afternoon meeting…
Malta-24 – News Briefing – Thursday 1st July 2020
Updated 1233 - No new cases of coronavirus Malta is fast approaching Covid-free status, with three persons recovering during the past 24…
UNICEF airlifts COVID-19 testing kits to Yemen to boost response as cases soar
A first batch of 10,000 COVID-19 tests arrived in Sana’a on a UNICEF-chartered plane today, to increase the COVID-19 testing capacity amid…
More than a thousand new cases in the UK as non-essential retail outlets re-open in England
The United Kingdom's death toll from confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose by 38 to 41,736 as of 1600 GMT on June 14,…
Italy ends week with 72 deaths and 197 new cases
Italy reported 53 new COVID-19 deaths on Sunday against 72 a day earlier and 197 new cases, down from 270 the day…
European Commission approves a €5.3million COVID-19 R&D Fund for Malta
The European Commission has approves a €5.3million COVID-19 Research & Development Fund for Malta. The aim of this Fund will be to…