Malta added to the US very high COVID-19 travel risk list

Aug 3 2021

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added 16 new destinations to its very high COVID-19 risk level on Monday, and Malta made the list. According to the CDC, such risk designations of ‘Level 4: COVID-19 Very High’ means that people should avoid travel to these locations. Full vaccination is required before travel to such countries. Malta made the list alongside Greece, Ireland, Iran, Gibraltar and US Virgin Islands.

The CDC stated that fully vaccinated travellers are far less likely to get infected with or spread COVID-19. International travel still poses risks however, even for those fully vaccinated. The destinations which fall into the very high risk category have had more than 500 cases per 100,000 residents in the past 28 days.

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69 COVID-19 cases registered with 134 recoveries

Aug 3 2021

Malta has registered 69 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 3,157 swab tests, while 134 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 Monday 2nd August 2021, 762,832 vaccine doses were administered of which 400,760 were 1st doses. 385,049 people are currently fully vaccinated.

To date, Malta has registered 34,508 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 32,145 have recovered, 423 died and 1,544 are still active.

Mater Dei Hospital is currently treating a total of 31 COVID-19 positive patients, 5 of whom are in the ITU. The average age of yesterday’s cases was 34.

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Andrew Hoy becomes Australia’s oldest ever Olympic medallist

Aug 3 2021

3-time Olympic gold medallist Andrew Hoy has broken yet another record after he became Australia’s oldest-ever Olympic medallist. It was an eventful Monday for the 62-year old equestrian, as he won silver with teammates Shane Rose and Kevin McNabin in the equestrian team eventing discipline. A few hours later, Andrew tasted success individually when he he won his first ever bronze medal in the eventing jumping final. These medals made him the oldest ever Australian medallist in the Olympics

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Andrew also holds the record for the most Olympics an Australian athlete has ever participated in. Andrew’s first ever Olympics was in 1984 in Los Angeles and the only Olympics he’s missed out from ever since was the 2016 Rio de Janiero Olympics. Australia this year though took the decision to take him to Tokyo, and he didn’t disappoint.

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First out transgender Olympic athlete fails to register a single lift

Aug 3 2021

Laurel Hubbard was subject to a lot of controversy this summer. This year, Laurel made history as the first out transgender woman to ever compete at the Olympics, when New Zealand added her to their weightlifting roster. Hubbard’s participation in the Olympics caused somewhat of a stir worldwide with many arguing against the transgender athlete’s participation in the women’s category due to the presence male hormones and testosterone.

Unfortunately she didn’t manage to register a single lift, which meant that her Olympic journey finished as DNF. Chinese world record weightlifter, Li Wenwen broke three Olympic records on her way to the gold medal.

Laurel still received praise for being brave and proud and for also inspiring many young athletes. Many other athletes have also made a difference, like Canadian footballer Quinn who will be the first non-binary and transgender person to receive a medal when Canada play against Sweden in the Olympic final.

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