109 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 64 recoveries

67 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 323 recoveries

Dec 31 2020

Malta has registered 109 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,858 swab tests, while 64 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

From yesterday’s cases; 35 cases were family members of previously known cases, 14 cases were contact of positive work colleagues, 12 cases were direct contacts with other positive cases and 10 cases were from social gatherings with other positive cases.

To date, Malta has registered 12,774 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 11,121 have recovered, 219 died and 1,434 are still active.

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50-year-old man reported missing

Dec 31 2020

A 50-year-old man from Mosta has been reported missing to The Malta Police Force.

The police have stated that this man is named Marcel Pisani and was last seen at his residence in Mosta.

He drives a blue Renault Captur with a cream ceiling and anyone who catches sight of the man is urged to call the Police on 21224001 / 119 or their nearest station.

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Schools in England will start later than expected to make way for mass testing

Dec 31 2020

In last night’s news conference, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that after the holidays, schools will return to normal later than usual to make way for mass testing.

Primary school students in high-restriction zones will not return to school on the 4th of January and most secondary student will also return later than usual.

The Prime Minister exclaimed his faith in Britain’s return to normality by Easter, the first week of April, as he also announced tighter restrictions to be imposed from today, with high-restriction zones having a similar situation to lockdown.

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Elderly homes will start to be vaccinated on Monday, Fearne says

Dec 31 2020

Residents of elderly people’s homes will begin the COVID-19 vaccination process come Monday, Health Minister Chris Fearne has announced.

Fearne had previously announced that vaccine appointments with venue, date and time will start being sent by post starting Monday and will start with healthcare workers and individuals of 85 years and over.

Anyone having any queries or doubts about the vaccination process may call the new COVID-19 helpline at 145, Fearne reiterates.

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