A boat party in the middle of a pandemic?

Feb 26 2021

A video has been making the rounds on social media of a shocking amount of people engaged in a boat party on a commercial vessel last Saturday.

Newsbook.com.mt originally reported that the catamaran ‘Sea Bird’ was docked near Anchor Bay with around 25 people on board, with the video showing people dancing to loud music while the company responsible of the catamaran ‘Sea Adventure Excursions’ stated that it does not organise boat parties.

These kinds of events are in clear breach of COVID-19 mitigation measures, with boat parties being prohibited last August and it is of utmost importance that events such as this are avoided in order to prevent case reports similar to today’s record-high amount of 256 new cases.

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Maltese tennis player Francesca Curmi advances to ITF Monastir semi-finals

Feb 26 2021

Recently turned 18 Francesca Curmi has just beaten her latest opponent, 388 ranked Rise Ushijima, thus advancing to semi-finals of the ITF Monastir. Curmi won her first set in a 6-4 matchup, but shone towards the semis with a 6-1 win.

Still unranked in the Women’s Tennis Association, Curmi had to play two qualifying matches before entering the tournament. Her next opponent will be either Karola Patricia Bejenaru or Viktoria Morvayova, who will face each other in an upcoming match. Curmi is also competing in the doubles tournament alongside her partner Mihaela Đaković.

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Malta registers highest-ever number of COVID-19 cases

Feb 26 2021

Today, 26 February 2021, Malta has registered its highest-ever amount of cases with 258 COVID-19 cases registered overnight.

It is the latest in a series of high case reports for the month of February and surpasses Malta’s previous all-time high, where 245 new cases were registered on January 9th.

In today’s media briefing, Superintendent for Public Health Prof. Charmaine Gauci reported that educators are currently being vaccinated while citizens aged 75 and over will begin vaccinations on 8 March.

Professor Gauci also revealed that the UK variant has shown to be one of the main reasons behind the surge in case with 8% of total positive cases being of the UK variant.

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258 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 182 recoveries

67 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 323 recoveries

Feb 26 2021

Malta has registered 258 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 3,640 swab tests, while 182 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Thursday 25th February 2021, 73,644 vaccine doses were administered of which 23,395 were 2nd doses.

To date, Malta has registered 21,982 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 19,087 have recovered, 313 died and 2,582 are still active.

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