Malta’s abortion ban covered by international news site The Guardian

Jun 20 2022

‘Women are treated like walking incubators’ – The Guardian quoted a local Maltese person who became a single parent. In an investigative journal by international news portal ‘The Guardian’, the case of abortion in Malta was highlighted to point out Malta’s current position on the issue.

‘The island nation is the only country in the EU in which termination is still illegal under any circumstances, forcing women to have the procedure abroad or else risk prosecution. But women’s rights groups are pushing for change’ wrote journalist Rachel Cooke.

Professor Isabel Stabile and Women’s Right Foundation chair Dr Andreana Dibben were also interviewed by the news portal, as it took a deep dive into the island’s stance on the matter.

‘Malta, which joined the EU in 2004, likes to boast of its liberal credentials’ reads the article, which you can read on the Guardian’s official website.

Read full article here.

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Study claims Amber Heard has most beautiful face in the world

Jun 20 2022

Amber Heard’s face has been deemed the most beautiful in the world, says a scientific study. The actress, who has been in the headlines thanks to the defamation case with Johnny Depp, had a special mapping deem her face the closest to a perfect face.

The ‘technique’ sees various features of the face and their distance, measured and analysed. These include eyes, noses, lips and even facial shape. The calculations then apparently reveal how close a face is to the Greek Golden Ratio of Beauty Phi.

Heard’s face was examined back in 2016 and deemed closest to Phi, which is set at 1.618, by a factor of 91.85%. The doctor running the test decided to run it on some of the world’s most beautiful women.

He was quoted in saying that the Greeks discovered that the ratio occurs everywhere in nature. ‘Thousands of years it has been thought to hold the secret formula of the world’s most beautiful faces.’

According to the hypothesis, Scarlett Johansson had the perfect eyes and Kim Kardashian had the best eyebrows, followed by Selena Gomez following at a close second.

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62-year-old worker injured after falling and hitting head

Jun 20 2022

Police were informed today at around 0700hrs that their assistance was needed at a construction site in Triq Nardu Sacco, Zurrieq.

Police convened immediately on site and preliminary investigations showed that a 62-year-old Haz Zabbar resident had fallen and hit his head whilst working on the site.

The man was given assistance by a medical team and was taken to Mater Dei Hospital for further attention. He was later certified as having suffered grievous injuries.

An inquiry has been opened and police are investigating the case.

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Second invitation for booster shots for over-65s issued due to case rise

Jun 20 2022

Local health authorities are set to issue out new invitations the coming week for those aged 65 and over who missed out on their first appointment for the second booster dose.

Health minister Chris Fearne tweeted out on Monday saying that the omicron variant driven rise in community COVID transmission underlines the importance of maintaining high levels of immunity.

The administration of the second booster started early in April, rolling it out to immunocompromised people and those aged over 80.

The omicron #variant driven rise in community #covid transmission underlines the importance of maintaining high levels of immunity. Next week the #Health Dept will be sending out new immunization dates to 65+ residents who missed their first appointment for the 2nd #booster dose.

— Chris Fearne (@chrisfearne) June 20, 2022

This comes as the number of new COVID-19 cases soared to 315 on Sunday, which is the highest since the middle of April. Deaths due to virus have remained low, with an average of one person dying every two days in the past week.

Times of Malta had reported last week that the hospitalisation rate tripled from 2.3 per 100,000 patients to 6.9 per 100,000. This was revealed by a weekly review conducted by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

On Friday, there were 50 hospital patients who tested positive for the virus, half of whom are non-symptomatic. Three were being treated in the ITU, with the average age being that of 66.

Figures also showed that just over 1,000 tests carried out daily, the positivity rate had risen to around 20%, which is one in every five. This does not include people testing positive via home kits.

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