New COVID-19 sport guidelines now allow individual activities under strict measures

Mar 17 2021

Public Health authorities have released new guidelines for sport activities as practiced by individuals. All activities that are not organised events can occur as long as mitigation measures are adhered to. According to the new guidelines, Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci gives permission for sport and physical activities that are not organised events to occur, as well as maintaining the strict four people measure.

Physical contact is also prohibited, as well as enforcing the mask wearing measure except for high intensity physical activity and ban any form of competition. Following is a list of activities that have been permitted.

Permitted sports:

Walking and Power Walking
Jogging, running and athletic activity
Fitness and dance sessions (with 2m social distancing)
Cycling
Climbing
Horse riding
Golf
Tennis/Padel
Shooting
Swimming
Sailing on individual dinghies
Archery
Fishing
Gymnastics
Motor Sport
Model aircrafts
Scuba diving
Skateboarding
Surfing
Weightlifting

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Roberta Metsola to lead EPP for COVID-19 variant vaccine approval

Mar 17 2021

Vice President for the European Parliament Roberta Metsola will be leading discussions looking to alter EU’s approval process for vaccines to tackle new COVID-19 variants. Metsola claimed it is not impossible to maintain the highest possible safety and security standards ‘while ensuring the process is streamlined for maximum efficiency.’ Metsola will be representing the European People’s party Group.

Metsola pointed out that with approved vaccines that have already undergone intense checking in terms of even the variants, ‘we can and we should be able to move faster and help countries tackle the so-called third wave’. Metsola also highlighted that with the variants’ emergence, it is essential that the process is done correctly and to ensure people’s confidence in vaccines by not compromising on the ‘existing high public safety standards.’

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People meeting in households reduced to a maximum of two households

Mar 17 2021

Superintendent for For Public Health Professor Charmaine Gauci has just announced that the limit of people meeting under one roof has been decreased from four to two households.

This measure was amended in order to further mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Malta.

It is reported that further details are to be announced later today.

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211 COVID-19 cases registered with 193 recoveries

Mar 17 2021

Malta has registered 211 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 4,053 swab tests, while 193 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Saturday 17th March 2021, 130,861 vaccine doses were administered of which 40,859 were 2nd doses.

To date, Malta has registered 27,272 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 23,784 have recovered, 361 died and 3,127 are still active.

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