Destiny absolutely slays her first ‘Je Me Casse’ rehearsal

May 9 2021

Destiny Chukunyere has just performed the first rehearsal for her Eurovision Song Contest entry ‘Je Me Casse’, which has been garnering attention and praise ever since its official release. Destiny took to the stage in Rotterdam in an elegant and vibrant pink outfit, and described her experience as incredible and immensely satisfactory. She stated that she is very happy that everything went well for her first rehearsal and loved performing every part.

Accompanied by four dancers, Destiny will be competing in the first semi final on 18th May after the 65th edition of the contest had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She will also be performing the song at the very of the night to a live audience of 3500 people, who must all provide negative PCR tests.

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Photo Source: Destiny Chukunyere FB

9 COVID-19 cases registered with 31 recoveries

May 9 2021

Malta has registered 9 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 1,766 swab tests, while 31 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Sunday 9th May 2021, 375,986 vaccine doses were administered of which 257,781 were 1st doses.

To date, Malta has registered 30,447 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 29,805 have recovered, 417 died and 225 are still active.

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Prime Minister announces €45 million worth of vouchers for 7th June

May 9 2021

The government will be issuing a second round of vouchers on the 7th of June, with how they will be distributed to be announced by the Prime Minister in the coming days. Seeing that tourism is set to restart on 1st of June along with the easing of several restrictions, the extension of government initial voucher scheme was announced during the 2021 budget. The initial scheme included €80 for restaurants and €20 for retail.

The renewed scheme will see €45 million worth of vouchers distributed to all those aged 16 and over. The new scheme which was announced during the 2021 budget, will see €60 to be spent at restaurants and €40 for services and goods. Foreign students coming to Malta to learn English will also be receiving vouchers to be spent in local markets.

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Photo Source: Robert Abela FB, Gozo Holiday Homes

EU and Pfizer strike deal for over 1.8 billion vaccine doses

May 9 2021

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Twitter that the European Union agreed on Saturday to a massive contract extension with pharmaceutical Pfizer-BioNTech. The new contract could garner a potential 1.8 billion COVID-19 doses through 2023 for the EU. Backed up by EU member states, the contract also ensures that all essential components should be sourced from the EU.

Happy to announce that @EU_Commission has just approved a contract for guaranteed 900 million doses (+900 million options) with @BioNTech_Group @Pfizer for 2021-2023.

Other contracts and other vaccine technologies will follow.

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) May 8, 2021

With a portfolio of 2.3 billion doses from half a dozen companies, von der Leyen said that other contracts and vaccine technologies will follow for the EU. America’s Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech had already stated that the EU would be provided with an extra 50 million doses in the 2nd quarter of 2021, to make up for Astra-Zeneca’s lack in deliveries.

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Photo Source: BioPharma Reporter, Ursula von der Leyen Twitter