Emirates to resume flights to and from Malta on 14th July

Jun 10 2021

Emirates has announced that it will be resuming three weekly services to Malta via Larnaca, Cyprus starting 14th July 2021. Malta has welcomed more tourists through it successful vaccination rollout and herd immunity achievement, with tourists being able to fly to the island as of 1st June. Emirates flights to and from Malta will be operating three times a week through the airline’s Larnaca service.

Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo also announced the news, expressing his joy about the positive news. The airline had ceased flights to Malta around a year ago. Now, travellers departing from Malta to United Arab Emirates should check and follow applicable COVID-19 health directives as the airline reopens its connections with Malta.

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Hundreds of fines for illegal gatherings issued last weekend

Jun 10 2021

Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri stated that authorities handed out hundreds of fines last week due to illegal gatherings which happened in the Sliema area. With residents complaining about beach parties lasting into the early hours of the morning, these events have been occurring up to five times a week.

Despite being banned under COVID-19 regulations, these mass gatherings show no sign of stopping. The Minister stated that police have been conducting inspections all over Malta, with people caught breaking these health restrictions having to pay the monetary consequences. 755 fines were issued over the previous week, with 176 issued for public gatherings and 540 to mask related breaches.

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4 COVID-19 cases registered with 5 recoveries

Jun 10 2021

Malta has registered 4 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,123 swab tests, while 5 patients have recovered. No deaths were registered in the past 24 hours. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Thursday 10th June 2021, 570,513 vaccine doses were administered of which 333,197 were 1st doses. 246,964 people are currently fully vaccinated.

To date, Malta has registered 30,577 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 30,091 have recovered, 419 died and 67 are still active.

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Drug dealers move online to beat COVID-19 impact

Jun 10 2021

Drug dealers combatted the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic posed by taking their businesses online, as revealed by an EU report. Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction Alexis Goosdeel stated that ‘we are witnessing a dynamic and adaptive drug market, resilient to COVID-19 restrictions. Using encrypted messaging apps for home delivery, people could work around the restrictions through ads placed online. Goosdeel stated that the market was urbanised quicker due to the outbreak.

Drugs have thus become hyper-available, with EMCDDA’s annual report highlighting how users now have access to wider range of drugs than before, with increasing levels of purity and potency. 46 new drugs were detected in the EU in 2020 alone.

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