206 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 5 recoveries

Jul 17 2021

Malta has registered 206 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 4,373 swab tests, while 5 patients have recovered. No deaths were registered in the past 24 hours. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

Till Yesterday, 721,415 vaccine doses were administered of which 381,764 were 1st doses. 355,883 people are currently fully vaccinated.

To date, Malta has registered 32,275 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 30,213 have recovered, 420 died and 1642 are still active.

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Malta to begin accepting US-issued vaccine cards as of Monday

Jul 17 2021

As of Monday, US-issued COVID-19 vaccine cards will start being accepted in Malta, with digital verification to start being recognised as of August 1st.

This was announced by the Health Ministry on Saturday, with United States residents receiving the vaccine card issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Authorities are also working on a system of digital verification to scan and recognise CDC, which will begin operating on August 1st. Further details will be announced in the near future.

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PL candidate faces backlash for offering free private lessons as labour clubs

Jul 17 2021

Following controversy over general election candidates distributing freebies, a current PL candidate is facing backlash for offering free mathematics private lessons at Labour party clubs.

The country has been engaged in nationwide debate over the practice of Treating, where candidates offer freebies to influence their votes, which is an illegal act under Malta’s General Elections Act.

The Union of Professional Educators expressed its disdain at the situation, going on to state the following: “What does it take to become a professional teacher? Not much, according to Audrey Demicoli, who is an infrastructure Malta official and a PL candidate for the third electoral district.”

The UPE expressed its concern with Demicoli providing lessons without possessing a teacher’s warrant, which they stated is misleading and threatens the state of the educational sector.

Il-lezzjonijiet ser ikunu wkoll f'Ħal Għaxaq…..il-lezzjonijiet miftuħin għal tfal minn kull lokalità.

Posted by Perit Audrey on Tuesday, 13 July 2021

The candidate is offering the lessons in the Labour clubs in the district she is contesting however, according to the law, an act such as this can only be considered as ‘Treating’ if it occurs in the period between the election announcement and day of voting.

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Unvaccinated APS Bank employees to present negative PCR test every week

Unvaccinated APS Bank employees to receive PCR test

Jul 17 2021

As local COVID-19 case continue to surge, local establishments have been imposing certain measures and precautions to mitigate or halt the spread of COVID-19.

APS Bank has introduced a new measure which states that vaccinated employees must present a vaccine certificate until the end of July and unvaccinated employees must take a weekly PCR test.

Employees who work 5 days a week must be tested every Friday while those who work a six-day week must be tested on Saturday. If individuals are tested during working hours, the time will be deducted from the employees’ leave.

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