‘Negative COVID-19 test or vaccine certificate should be travel criteria’ – MHRA

Jan 15 2021

The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association has released a statement highlighting that while vaccine certificates are an agreeable requirement for travel, they should not be the only travel criteria.

The association stated that only utilising a vaccine passport limits travel solely to that group of people and went on to recommend that a traveller presents either the certificate or a negative COVID-19 test.

MHRA President Tony Zahra noted how the effects of the pandemic hit the tourism industry like a tsunami and urged the requirement for a negative test OR vaccine certificate as criteria for travellers.

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193 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 143 recoveries

67 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 323 recoveries

Jan 15 2021

Malta has registered 193 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 1,602 swab tests, while 143 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

Details on new active cases will be given by Prof. Charmaine Gauci during a press briefing at 12:30, which will be streamed on saħħa.

To date, Malta has registered 15,272 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 12,393 have recovered, 236 died and 2,643 are still active.

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People with rare disease appeal for priority in COVID-19 vaccine process

Jan 15 2021

The National Alliance for Rare Diseases Support Malta has appealed to the Health Ministry for priority to be given to people with rare diseases in the COVID-19 vaccination process.

The Alliance has reported that the majority of its members have been in lockdown since early last year and while reporting the utilisation of services such as free psychological help, it has called its minority group “drastically marginalised”.

Individuals with chronic illnesses are currently set to be vaccinated after all front-liners and people aged 80 and over are vaccinated.

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Health Minister Chris Fearne reports that Malta’s vaccine rate is twice the EU average

Jan 15 2021

In an interview on TVM’s Xtra, which was also streamed on saħħa, Health Minister Chris Fearne reported that Malta’s vaccination rate is double the European average.

The Minister went on to report that 13,275 COVID-19 vaccines will have been administered by Monday, with healthcare workers beginning to receive the second wave of jabs on Sunday.

Dr. Fearne also stated that nothing is being left in the freezers aside from the second doses and by mid-next month, all healthcare workers will have received their first jab.

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