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164 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 73 recoveries
Malta has registered 164 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,806 swab tests, while 73 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.
From yesterday’s cases; 54 cases were family members of previously known cases, 24 cases were contacts of positive work colleagues, 10 cases were direct contacts with other positive cases, 11 cases were from social gatherings.
To date, Malta has registered 13,776 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 11,613 have recovered, 228 died and 1,935 are still active.
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Schools open; Teachers strike; Confusion reigns
Yesterday evening, Prime Minister, Robert Abela announced that schools will be operating normally as from this morning and that teachers and students alike are expected to show up to school.
The Malta Union of Teachers, however, did not agree with this decision. Teachers have gone out on strike and are not attending schools physically. As a result, many children were left stranded in front of gates that didn’t open.
Parents and children are also confused about the opening of schools and the way forward.
Minister for Education, Justyne Caruana stated as of 2 hours ago, that schools are open and they will operate normally.
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