Don’t scapegoat English language schools about Delta variant says FELTOM

Aug 24 2021

The Federation of English language schools has slammed allegedly unsubstantiated and harmful claims that unvaccinated foreign students were responsible for spreading the Delta variant in Malta. FELTOM reacted to a Times of Malta interview in which Tanya Mellilo, who is the head of the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Unit, stated that unvaccinated foreign students brought the Delta variant to our shores.

FELTOM objected to the statement, highlighting the fact that similar discrediting blanket statements have led to ‘discriminatory damaging actions against the industry and those whose livelihood depends on it.’ The federation pointed to Malta’s case spike after July 9th 2021 as showing that there was no way to determine who actually spread the Delta variant.

FELTOM called for this ‘scapegoating’ of English language students and those in the industry to stop, stating that the virus does not discriminate between nationalities and one must bear in mind that both locals and foreigners travelled during the period of time mentioned above.

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Photo Source: maltapass.com.mt, FeltomFB

Maltese marathon runner breaks national record in Berlin

Aug 24 2021

Maltese marathon runner Dillon Cassar has recently broken Malta’s national time record in Berlin. Dillon is currently registered with Mellieħa Athletic Club. He finished the race in 20th position – a position which he earned in the last few kilometres of the race where his endurance proved better than that of others.

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Dillon finished the 21km race in one hour, six minutes and forty five seconds. He broke Charlton Debono’s record by fifty nine seconds. Cassar finished the race 8 minutes after Kenyan winner Paul Kipkoech.

A big well done goes to Dillon Cassar who made our country proud!

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Malta fully vaccinates 90% of people aged over age 12

Aug 24 2021

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne announced today during a press conference that Malta has fully vaccinated 90% of those aged 12 and over against COVID-19. Malta has administered 792,173 doses as of yesterday 23rd August 2021, with Fearne urging those who are able to get their jab and have not yet to do so. He revealed the news during the launch of a health clinic in Kalkara, adding that 90% of those who contracted COVID-19 and were in critical condition were not vaccinated.

The walk-in clinics have vaccinated 60,000 people in total, with 320,000 vaccine certificates having been downloaded so far. As the Delta variant ravages the world, Fearne highlighted Malta’s strong vaccination programme as only 37 people are currently recovering from the virus at Mater Dei, with two of these in the ITU. The news also comes with some more updates to health measures will be detailed in the coming days.

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Photo Source: Reuters, Chris Fearne FB

Onlyfans users crash similar site Fansly after sexual content ban

Aug 24 2021

As OnlyFans site introduced an impending ban on explicitly sexual content which is set to come into effect in October, users have flooded a similar platform called Fansly. The online migration of content creators onto Fansly resulted in the crash of the site as a statement was issued by the platform revealing how 4000 applications were being received every hour.

We have all hands on deck working on verifying creators as we’re receiving 4000 applications an hour now. Back log of applications is about a day currently and support tickets is even longer. Expanding our team to handle the volume is our #1 priority now. Please bare with us 😭

— Fansly (@realFansly) August 21, 2021

As Fansly’s staff are working around the clock to expand their team to handle the volume of applications, OnlyFans is still facing immense criticism. Fansly too has criticised the decision by OnlyFans, hoping that they go back on their decision. The new site, which seems to be quickly becoming a user favourite, offers the ability to send mass messages instantly and 24/7 support. It is also commended for being sex worker and SFW content friendly.

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