All unvaccinated workers in Greece to undergo weekly mandatory COVID-19 tests

Sep 14 2021

Greece has launched a programme of mandatory weekly tests for all unvaccinated workers as it continues to combat a massive lack in vaccination rates. Lagging in comparison to the European Union average, both public and private sector employees will have to pay for weekly tests or instead carry a vaccination certificate to access their workspace. The government is also paying for test kits distributed to unvaccinated children at high schools.

These same restrictions will also apply at sports stadiums, museums, cinemas, restaurants and all such leisure spaces. Despite the EU vaccination average being just over 60%, Greece has 56% of its population fully vaccinated. Health care workers have received vaccine mandates, with children starting age twelve being allowed to receive the jab. Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis told Skai Television that the measures seem to be working, but there are also lots of deaths of unvaccinated citizens. Georgiadis said ‘it hurts me to know that these people could have lived, but they fell victim to conspiracy theories.’

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President George Vella visits site where Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered

Sep 13 2021

Earlier today, President George Vella visited the Bidnija site where Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated. He was accompanied by wife Miriam Vella and Caruana Galizia’s family, where they set a wreath at the site and paid their respects to the journalist who was assassinated with a car bomb in 2017.

The Office of the President published a statement revealing that the visit to the Bidnija site was organised after a number of exchanges and agreements between the journalist’s family and the President.

The Caruana Galizia family welcomed the President’s visit, in light of the recent public inquiry, as an exhibition of recognition of the state’s responsibility in the assassination and failure to recognise and avoid the risks to the journalist’s life.

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WATCH: Conor McGregor & Machine Gun Kelly in heated argument on VMA red carpet

Sep 13 2021

The Barclays Center in New York was brimming with celebrities on Sunday evening for the 2021 edition of the MTV Video Music Awards but things started to heat up as the night progressed.

Conor McGregor throws a drink at MGK on the red carpet (via ig:laurademytrk) pic.twitter.com/H0naCNbMta

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) September 13, 2021

Despite claiming that “absolutely nothing” happened, video footage has emerged showing the Irish MMA fighter and American rapper exchange in a heated back-and-forth before McGregor lunged at the artist and threw a drink at him. The security arrived just in time to separate the stars before they came to blows.

Reports have stated that the altercation began when McGregor asked Machine Gun Kelly for a photo, which the rapper denied, reportedly shoved McGregor and made him stumble backwards and spill his drink. MGK, real name Colson Baker’s girlfriend Megan Fox was seen being escorted beyond the melee while the situation diffused.

Conor McGregor is throwing shade at Machine Gun Kelly. 😬 #VMAs https://t.co/FJ7v0Kowr4 pic.twitter.com/vtC7ca3oeY

— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) September 13, 2021

The two were seen in the audience at the award show soon after, with McGregor telling an Entertainment Tonight representative that he only fights real fighters and he most certainly does not fight ‘little Vanilla Ice white rappers’.

Who are you siding with in this situation?

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“It makes no sense”: MEP Alex Agius Saliba criticises Malta’s quarantine hotel rule

Sep 13 2021

Following the controversy surrounding influencer Daniel Umanah’s request for his sister with Down’s syndrome to quarantine at home and the subsequent refusal of the request, MEP Alex Agius Saliba gave his two cents on the situation.

The Labour MEP went on to state that while it is the Superintendent for Public Health’s prerogative to impose obligatory quarantine on individuals who arrive in Malta from countries with a considerable COVID-19 spread, the current system forcing arrivals to quarantine at particular hotels does not make any sense.

Agius Saliba alluded to the case of Rachel Umanah, who has just arrived from Nigeria with her brother Daniel who was doing charity work in the town of Ikot Imo. Umanah himself had also stated that it is unfair and ridiculous that the entire Maltese national football team was exempt from having to quarantine in general, while Rachel’s case is being denied. A spokesperson for the Health Ministry has since stated that the team was exempt from quarantine because they were not in contact with the community and followed UEFA guidelines.

What do you make of the situation?

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