Malta has registered 124 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 3,037 swab tests, while 141 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.
As of Sunday 31st January 2021, 27,759 vaccine doses were administered.
To date, Malta has registered 18,027 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 15,101 have recovered, 269 died and 2,657 are still active.
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AstraZeneca will be increasing its vaccine production by 30% for EU countries. The President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen said in a Tweet that AstraZeneca will be sending 9 million additional doses and they will be delivered one week before schedule.
The company announced last week that only one-fourth of the doses will be delivered because of a problem at one of their factories. However, after extensive discussions, this has increased by 30%
Von Der Leyen also said that February and March are still expected to be periods of difficulty for the distribution of the vaccine.
Step forward on vaccines.@AstraZeneca will deliver 9 million additional doses in the first quarter (40 million in total) compared to last week’s offer & will start deliveries one week earlier than scheduled.
The company will also expand its manufacturing capacity in Europe.
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) January 31, 2021
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St. George’s Church in Qormi has received a request to silence church bells between 10 PM in the evening and 6 AM the following morning.
The church has taken to Facebook to find support against the silencing of church bells. Church bells along with other elements of Maltese Culture are constantly being silenced and they are raising awareness about the fact that this is an important and integral part of Maltese Culture.
In a Facebook post, the association related to the church a petition has been shared in order to fight against this request. They’ve said that if this stops it will only be a matter of time before elements such as fireworks and marching bands will be silenced too.
https://www.facebook.com/KnisjaSanGorgQormi/posts/3926323710751779
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Maltese Authorities have said that graves of people who died while they were positive for COVID-19 can only be opened after 10 years have passed.
In circumstances where it is possible for the deceased to be buried in the 24 hours after death, the Superintendent fr Public Health authorises the burial to happen within those 24 hours.
In circumstances where this is not possible, the process is a different one with specific measures being taken to ensure that no one will be at risk of contracting the virus.
Burials in public cemeteries are only happening at Addolorata Cemetery in Malta and at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Gozo.
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