5PM restaurant measures spark social media outrage from some business owners

Apr 25 2021

While today’s public health announcement and ease of COVID-19 restrictions were welcomed by many, news of restaurants and snack bars being able to open until 5pm from 10 May sparked outrage amongst certain restaurateurs and business owners.

Amongst others, Chef Marvin Gauci took to Facebook to share his concern with the issue and stated that he feels “that the system, organisation and authorities are destroying what’s left in the industry”.

marvin gauci Meanwhile, The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) noted that while positive, today’s announcement and reopening conditions ‘will not be of much help to the majority of restaurants’ as opening for lunch may not make much business sense for most.

Gauci highlighted that many small restaurants are closing down as local business continue to struggle with the pandemic with one comment in particular saying that many work until or past 5PM, meaning that restaurants will not win much from the measures.

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25 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 35 recoveries

Apr 25 2021

Malta has registered 25 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,112 swab tests, while 35 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Saturday 24th April 2021, 311,559 vaccine doses were administered of which 99,574 were 2nd doses.

To date, Malta has registered 30,174 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 29,296 have recovered, 413 died and 465 are still active.

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Police officers hospitalised after being attacked during beach inspection

Apr 25 2021

It has been reported that during routine beach inspections conducted by the Malta Police Force, two officers were hospitalised after being attacked physically and verbally by an individual who was not following regulations.

The police approached the individual and rather than co-operating, the individual chose to attack them and throw sand to their face, after which they were taken to Mater Dei Hospital.

These national officials, who are also battling the virus on a daily basis, are solely doing their job and should be treated with respect.

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“The pandemic is not over”: Chris Fearne appeals for caution after easing of measures

Apr 25 2021

During today’s public health conference, Health Minister Chris Fearne, stated that the COVID-19 pandemic in Malta is being well-controlled as daily cases continue to decrease with today’s number being 25.

He continued by saying that this doesn’t mean that the pandemic is over and that we should not ease our caution, with the pandemic being far from over as many continents and countries continue to struggle with mitigating the spread of the virus.

Dr. Fearne also reported that cases at Mater Dei Hospital have gone from 130 patients in March to 35, with only 3 patients currently in the ITU section and another 4 non-positive patients still being held for monitoring.

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