Malta has registered 199 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 3,100 swab tests, while 106 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.
As of Friday 19th February 2021, 62,059 vaccine doses were administered of which 19,828 were 2nd doses.
To date, Malta has registered 20,762 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 17,933 have recovered, 303 died and 2,526 are still active.
In an exclusive interview with The Malta Independent, Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) President Paul Pace revealed that nurses are only being given 5 or 6 vaccine doses per clinic per day, as opposed to the 80 doses they were promised.
Pace said that the inoculation programme is moving very slowly, where other countries are well into their programmes with the general public while Malta has just started the over-80 group.
Pace criticised the fact that nurses are being left idle after leaving their prior jobs and if clinics are not provided more vaccines by Wednesday, the MUMN will issue a directive for all nurses to go back to their original stations.
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In 2021, the name Haley Bugeja has been solidified as a rising football star in the international scene and a stellar ambassador to Malta in Italy, but the young football player continues to make waves after having her talents recognised by FIFA themselves.
The 16-year-old’s rise to fame was analogised as ‘the emergence of a real gem’ in her FIFA feature, where they highlighted her ground-breaking debut with Sassuolo amongst other notable appearances in the Serie A.
Esordio spettacolare per Haley #Bugeja 🤩
Due gol meravigliosi per la 16enne neroverde 🔝🔝#ForzaSasol 🖤💚 pic.twitter.com/VR3ErQC2DY
— U.S. Sassuolo (@SassuoloUS) September 6, 2020
Football’s highest governing body went on to nod to Haley’s ability to not only adapt, but thrive in her current situation despite being away from her family at the age of 16 as she signs off with her mantra, ‘Pressure makes diamonds’.
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