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Italy reopens bars and eases restrictions

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Italy has announced that cities and towns found within ‘yellow’ regions will now be allowing bars, restaurants and museums to reopen during the daytime.

World Health Organisation (WHO) and other experts warned that the move may be premature but Italy made the decision to ease restrictions anyway.

In Yellow areas, bars, restaurants and museum are able to open during the week and during the day. In orange areas bars and restaurants will be allowed to make deliveries or takeaways, people also cannot leave their towns of residence except for work or urgent needs.

The Vatican Museum has reopened its doors after 88 days, the longest closed period since WWII. A nationwide curfew is still in place between 10 PM and 5 AM, and social distancing and masks are still required.

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ASOS buys Topshop, Topman and Miss Selfridge brands!

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Online fashion retailer, ASOS has just bought Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT from Arcadia retail group.

Arcadia group fell into administration last year putting the future of its brands and 13,000 jobs at risk.

ASOS will be acquiring the stock and the brands, however, it will not be acquiring the stores ASOS will be paying £265m for the brands and a further £30m for the stock.

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Customs cash sniffer dog discovers €13,000 in undeclared money during airport search

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Customs Officials have discovered €13,000 in undeclared cash with assistance from the customs sniffer dog in a passenger’s luggage at the Malta International Airport.

The passenger was bound for a country within the European Union and, Sophie the sniffer dog reacted to the passenger’s luggage.

The passenger was asked by customs officials whether he was carrying excess cash and the passenger denied it. Upon inspection, €13,090 were discovered inside the luggage.

The passenger was fined there and then since it is illegal to enter,  transit or depart from Malta with more than €10,000 in cash unless they are declared.

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124 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 141 recoveries

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Malta has registered 124 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 3,037 swab tests, while 141 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Sunday 31st January 2021, 27,759 vaccine doses were administered.

To date, Malta has registered 18,027 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 15,101 have recovered, 269 died and 2,657 are still active.

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