Chef Sean Gravina praises introduction of vaccine certificates

Jun 1 2021

Renowned Maltese chef Sean Gravina was a prominent voice throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Voicing his opinions on closure of restaurants and how it will impact business owners and the sector at large, Gravina took to Facebook to express his support of the introduction of the vaccine certificates. He stated that the certificate ‘is the best decision we as a nation could have made for a balanced reopening for tourism.’

He pointed out that safeguarding local businesses and reviving tourism is no easy task but a ‘good summer with minimal risk of ever closing again’ can be achieved through a ‘balanced and pro active approach.’ He concluded by saying that ‘it was easy to simply open up the airport and let everyone come in with no negative test of certificate but that would have put us all at risk of closing again just as we did this year.’

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102 people in Maltese homeless shelters

Jun 1 2021

A parliamentary question revealed that there are 102 people in homeless shelters around Malta. Minister for Social Justice and Solidarity, the Family and Children’s Rights Michael Falzon revealed that of these 102 individuals, 77 are male and 25 are female.

The government are allegedly fully financed by the government with an annual €10,050,000, with Fondazzjoni Dar il-Hena being allocated a yearly sum of €835,000. The question was asked by Labour MP Oliver Scicluna.

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These are the COVID-19 measures being eased from today

Jun 1 2021

With a new month, comes a step forward in the country’s battle against the pandemic and as per the health authorities’ instructions, a number of measures will be eased today. The month of June will welcome the following:

Tourism sector to restart
Seated weddings to start again
English schools to re-open
Masks on beaches no longer mandatory

During a press conference held yesterday, Prime Minister Robert Abela and Deputy Prime Minister Announced that vaccine certificates can be downloaded as from today. This means that individuals will no longer need a PCR test when returning from a foreign country. Chris Fearne also announced that a limited number of controlled cultural events will happen during the months of July and August; the minister stated that he will announce which events are being considered in the coming days.

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920 fines for COVID-19 measure breaches

Jun 1 2021

Covid19 Malta reported that 920 fines were handed out during the past week (24th – 30th May) for COVID-19 health measure breaches. The majority of these, 685, were related to mask wearing breaches, with 71 fines handed out for people in large groups. 10 fines were handed out for entities breaking the regulations with another 6 fines handed out for quarantine breaches.

148 were found in groups larger than that permitted by law in residences. Health measures are still a vital tool for mitigating any spread of spikes, despite Malta having reached herd immunity. As the vaccination roll out continues, measures will be gradually be eased by the authorities depending on the epidemiological situation. Adherence to measures is therefore still very much crucial.

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