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Pete Buttigieg announces consideration if COVID-19 testing for US domestic travel

Feb 9 2021 Share

Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg has announced the possibility of mandatory COVID-19 testing for domestic US travel and part of the considerations of the Biden administration.

Buttigieg mentioned that an active conversation is ongoing with the CDC in order to decide if this is something that should be implemented or not.

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Buttigieg also said that this decision will be guided by data, science, medicine and by the input of the people who will be carrying this out.

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The number of vehicles on Malta’s roads hits record of over 400,000

Feb 9 2021 Share

A study was published by the National Statistics Office saying the number of licensed vehicles on Maltese roads has exceeded the 400,000 mark for the first time and the number now lies at 400,586.

In 2017 the number of licensed vehicles on Maltese roads stood at 361,552 which is significantly less than the number calculated at the end of September 2020.

76.8% of the number of vehicles were passenger cars while 13.8% were commercial motor vehicles.

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Have you heard about the TikTok leggings trend?

Feb 9 2021 Share

A particular version of leggings have gone viral on TikTok. This is thanks to their ‘butt-sculpting’ fit, these leggings are said to hold you in while also giving you a boost.

Celebrity Lizzo also decided to give these leggings a try and posted to Instagram a while ago. Leggings have become a must-have during the past year since most of us were barely leaving our homes.

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The leggings went viral last month and the brand completely sold out in every colour!

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202 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 146 recoveries

Feb 9 2021 Share

Malta has registered 202 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 3,206 swab tests, while 146 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Monday 8th February 2021, 41,258 vaccine doses were administered.

To date, Malta has registered 19,015 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 16,325 have recovered, 284 died and 2,406 are still active.

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