Following a decree signed by Sicilian region president Nello Musumeci, travellers arriving in Sicily from Malta must undergo a mandatory COVID-19 swab test.
Musumeci signed the decree on Wednesday and this measure will also apply to arrivals from Spain, Portugal, India, Brazil, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Malta has experienced a considerable surge in COVID-19 cases over the past few days, with the country reaching 1,000 active cases on Wednesday.
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The Times of Malta have reported that calls for a second quarantine hotel have been made by the Malta Tourism Authority as the Corinthia Marina in St. Julian’s nears full capacity.
As the 200-room Corinthia Marina approaches full capacity with 287 guests, the call for another quarantine hotel was issued on Wednesday and will reportedly close on Friday ahead of processing of public procurement rules, with the hotel to be chosen next week.
The Malta Tourism Authority issued an announcement earlier this week that unvaccinated arrivals will be charged at least €1,400 per room for their two-week quarantine and will apply to anyone who arrives without an approved vaccine certificate.
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Following a string of well-received releases, local songstress Maxine Pace returns with a heartfelt track focusing on the struggles of maintaining a relationship with the name ‘Pull Me Closer’.
Bringing together a star-studded list of local creatives, ’Pull Me Closer’ is written by Maxine Pace & Matthew ‘Muxu’ Mercieca and produced & mastered by Railway Studios’ very own Peter Borg.
The vivid & emotional music video is directed by local visionary Steven Levi Vella and produced by Leviplus.
The song is part of Maxine’s highly-anticipated EP, which will be launching towards the end of July and will feature popular tracks such as Thunder & Cool Like You, along with 3 unreleased tracks.
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A new study published the journal ‘The Lancelot Oncology’ reported that over 4% of all new cancer cases in 2020 were attributed to alcohol consumption. Analysing available data on population-level alcohol use in 2010 and on cancer cases in 2020, a 10 year period between consumption and appearance of cancer was assumed. The types of cancer included in the study – lip and oral cavity, laryngeal and breast cancers – have lengthy development periods and previous evidence of causal relationship with alcohol consumption.
Men represented 568,700 cases of the 741,300 new alcohol-attributable cancer cases diagnose last year, with women accounting for 172,600 of the cases. Most cancers were found in the oesophagus, liver and breasts, with 47% of the cancers linked to heavy drinking. Authors defined heavy drinking as 60 or more grams of ethanol alcohol per day.
The consumption of 20 to 60 grams (two to six drinks) of ethanol alcohol daily was deemed ‘risky drinking’ by the researchers. These represented 39.4% of alcohol-attributable cancer cases. Moderate drinking (20 or fewer drinks daily) contributed to nearly 14% or 1 in 7 cases. Study author Harriet Rumgay stated that public health strategies, such as reduced alcohol availability, labelling alcohol products with health warnings and marketing bans could reduce the rates of alcohol-driven cancer.
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