A year since World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a global pandemic

Mar 11 2021

On March 11th 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 virus a global pandemic. Only 121,500 cases had been reported globally, as the virus swept the entire world and becoming a mainstay for over a full year. The pandemic far from over, the vaccination programmes are well underway by many countries, administering jabs at a rate previously unseen by medicine.

Johns Hopkins University claimed that 2,610,184 people have lost their lives due to the pandemic as the institution had been tracking the spread of the virus since its emergence. The virus has also affected economies, lifestyle, healthcare systems and just about every sector of human life. Malta has, as of 11th March 2021, 3,123 active cases.

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COVID-19 patients declared recovered without swab test after 15 days

Mar 11 2021

15 days after they test positive, Maltese COVID-19 patients are being labelled as recovered without having done a swab test. This means the patients are leaving quarantine without taking the final swab test and can do so if they meet three requirements. This new method was rumoured to be in effect as Sahha began announcing a higher number of daily recoveries amidst the rising positive cases.

People are receiving discharge letters stating the three requirements which allow people to leave quarantine; (1) everyone in household does not have symptoms for three consecutive days; (2) no resident in the household has tested positive throughout the quarantine period and; (3) no one joined the household within quarantine period and tested positive. Concerns were raised as these requirements aren’t necessarily checked to be met since no swab tests were being had.

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Burgers Ink Birkirkara coming soon

Mar 11 2021

Popular Maltese burger restaurant Burgers Ink has just announced that the chain will be expanding to Birkirkara, spreading its horizon to serve more customers. Despite the current closing of restaurants amidst the pandemic, the plans seem to be in store for the restaurant to be ready to serve once it’s all over.

❤❤❤❤I got butterflies in my stomach.In hard times, we work harder.

Posted by Daniel Borg Cardona on Thursday, 11 March 2021

Burgers Ink currently has restaurants in Valletta and St. Julians and is well known for its versatile menu, especially the mouth-watering burgers and delicious pancakes. Celebrity chef Daniel Grech Borg Cardona announced the news on his FaceBook profile, exclaiming his excitement and stating ‘In hard times, we work harder.’

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283 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 338 recoveries

Mar 11 2021

Malta has registered 283 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 4,746 swab tests, while 338 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Thursday 11th March 2021, 108,971 vaccine doses were administered of which 36,246 were 2nd doses.

To date, Malta has registered 25,640 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 22,176 have recovered, 341 died and 3,123 are still active.

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