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OPINION: Malta – A Vaccinated Island

May 8 2021 Share

With Malta performing incredibly well with our vaccine roll out, possibly even being marketed overseas as Malta… the vaccinated and safe island, shouldn’t it then make more sense if we only had to only allow fully vaccinated tourists from 1st June?

Furthermore, yesterday Malta did not make it on the United Kingdom’s initial green list for safe travel, despite initial suggestions it would have been included.  Thus, one would say a change in strategy might be required and opting to attract ONLY vaccinated and safe tourists should be an easier task for islands.

Whilst we all agree that tourism is a major economic contributor to our economy, attracting vaccinated tourists this summer will install more confidence both locally and also to our international guests who will feel extremely more comfortable to choose Malta as this summers destination.

By using this sensible and more cautious approach we might be able to minimise the risk of a possible influx of disease later on in summer, whilst allowing our vital tourism industry to kickstart.

Obviously essential and urgent travel will be allowed in also with a negative PCR test.

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6 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 11 recoveries

115,333 people fully vaccinated in Malta
May 8 2021 Share

Malta has registered 6 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,022 swab tests, while 11 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Friday 7th April 2021, 372,620 vaccine doses were administered of which 118,209 were 2nd doses.

To date, Malta has registered 30,438 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 29,774 have recovered, 416 died and 247 are still active.

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Floyd Mayweather calls out Jake Paul after scuffle during press conference

Floyd Mayweather calls out Jake Paul after scuffle during press conference
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Superstar boxer Floyd Mayweather broke his silence after his impromptu brawl with YouTuber Jake Paul after he allegedly ‘disrespected him’ during a recent press conference with brother Logan Paul.

The scuffle took place after the conference when Jake Paul came face to face with Mayweather, grabbed his hat and ran off with it, where Paul came out of the scrap with a black eye and busted tooth.

Mayweather eventually stated that while it may be one thing to sell a fight and fighters can say what they want in that instance but one thing that no one is going to do is disrespect him.

24-year-old Paul ended up tattooing ‘gotcha hat’ on his leg to allude to the incident and further disrespect the 44-year-old sports icon.

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Photo Source: SportsNet.ca / Sky Sports

Malta does not make UK’s green list for travel without quarantine

May 8 2021 Share

Despite being expected to be on England’s list of countries allowing travel without requiring quarantine on return, Malta has failed to make the list of 12 destinations.

UK transport Secretary Grant Shapps revealed the ‘green list’ on Friday evening, in which list one would find Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands and Israel.

Malta has been rated as ‘amber’ in the UK’s COVID-risk factor according to British media outlets, which means that arrivals must self-isolate for 10 days or less if they test negative for COVID-19 after five days.

Malta currently has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, with other countries like Germany declaring the island as a no-risk area for the COVID-19 virus.

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