Focus to move onto hospitalisations instead of daily cases

Jul 7 2021

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne stated that the focus will shift away from the amount of new daily cases registered and onto the country’s hospitalisation rate instead. Health restrictions will be continuously, but cautiously, lifted. Since the vaccine rollout has had a clear and positive effect on the rate of infections and immunity, Fearne revealed that Malta will closely follow developments in the UK, wherein the government lifted almost all virus restrictions.

The UK’s vaccination rate was noted to be almost as high as Malta’s, with 86% of UK adults having received at lest one dose with 64% being fully vaccinated. Malta has 83% of adults vaccinated with one dose but a higher number of people fully vaccinated than the UK at 78%. As of writing this article, Malta has 110 active cases.

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25 COVID-19 cases registered with 5 recoveries

Jul 7 2021

Malta has registered 25 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,495 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 Tuesday 6th July 2021, 692,581 vaccine doses were administered of which 365,611 were 1st doses. 341,765 people are currently fully vaccinated.

To date, Malta has registered 30,700 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 30,170 have recovered, 420 died and 110 are still active.

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All three hospitalised COVID patients are unvaccinated

Jul 7 2021

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne revealed that a 19-year-old unvaccinated language student has been hospitalised due to a COVID-19 infection. This reinforces the need for all people to get their vaccine. The student is currently being treated in a specialised COVID ward at Mater Dei hospital, but is not in intensive care. All three patients in hospital for COVID-19 related treatment are foreign and unvaccinated.

Fearne revealed earlier this week that 90% of COVID-19 cases are unvaccinated individuals. He also highlighted how the jab broke the link between new cases and hospitalisation. Around 77% of adults are fully vaccinated, with 82.5% of adults having received at least one dose. 40% of newly detected cases have also been classified as imported.

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Sleeping with your dog in bed can improve your mental health

Jul 7 2021

Snuggle up with your dog closer tonight as it has been revealed that sleeping with them in bed can improve your mental health. The question whether or not to have your dog snoring next to you is answered differently by many people – some love it whilst others insist they sleep anywhere but on their bed. Dog behaviourist Karen Barrett informed the Daily Telegraph that inviting your dog, and possibly even your cat, actually makes people feel calmer and happier.

This comes with a warning however as dominance needs to be established with the pets. Letting a dog sleep on your head will make them instinctually think they are higher up than you. Instead, lying next to you releases an oxytocin that encourages cuddles. It is all a basic survival instinct, with people who slept with dogs found to get a more restful night’s sleep than those who share their bed with other humans or cats.

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