Malta has registered 163 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 3,209 swab tests, while 156 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.
As of Wednesday 17th February 2021, 57,683 vaccine doses were administered.
To date, Malta has registered 20,409 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 17,679 have recovered, 301 died and 2,429 are still active.
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The Time of Malta reported that Minister Ian Borg said that the Żebbuġ council had asked for the removal of a garden in Fraxxunu Street, Żebbuġ.
Early yesterday morning residents and council members watched as a garden was removed in order to widen a road. Independent Councillor, Steve Zammit Lupi sat down on a wall in order to stop the excavation.
The Council insists that they were informed of the widening of the road, and Minister Ian Borg insisted that they were informed and they asked for it. He said that they had submitted an application and the council said it was withdrawn.
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Australian citizens as well as publishers are now banned from seeing or sharing news on Facebook, whether it is from a local or international source.
This is a result of proposed legislation in Australia which states that tech platforms must pay news publishers for content.
Campbell Brown, Facebook’s vice president of global news partnerships wrote that when people share something on Facebook they are doing it out of their own volition, therefore platforms like Facebook should not incur any charges.
Brown also said that he hopes that Facebook can one day include news for Australian citizens again.
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Prince Philip is Queen Elizabeth’s 99-year-old husband. He has been taken to hospital as noted by a Buckingham Palace press release, as he was feeling unwell.
The Duke travelled to hospital by car and this was not an emergency admission. The source added that Prince Philip walked into the hospital unaided and his illness is not COVID-19 related.
Queen Elizabeth remains at Windsor Castle. Prince Philip’s admission was a precautionary admission based on the advice of His Rotal Highness’s doctor.
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