Prof. Charmaine Gauci accused of creating ‘national panic’ by COVID-19 sceptics

Nov 17 2020

A judicial protest has been filed against the Superintendent for Public, Charmaine Gauci, for the imposition of unlawful public health restrictions, accusing the professor of creating a so-called “national panic.”

Members of this group include lawyer and Gaia Foundation activist and Rudolph Ragonesi who stated that Professor Gauci has misinformed the public regarding the nature of COVID-19 and asks that the the island adopts the Great Barrington Declaration.

The former seeks to revoke medical decisions that conflict with fundamental rights, and follows the proposed revocation of 4G and 5G telecommunications, amongst others.

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110 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 161 recoveries

67 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 323 recoveries

Nov 17 2020

Malta has registered 110 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,345 swab tests, while 161 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

From yesterday’s cases; 26 cases were family members of previously known cases, 9 cases were contact of positive work colleagues, 4 cases were direct contacts with other positive cases and2 cases were from social gatherings with other positive cases.

To date, Malta has registered 8,247 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 6,049 have recovered, 101 died and 2,097 are still active.

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Debate sparks over mask-wearing during childbirth

Nov 17 2020

Debates regarding the controversial decision to impose mask-wearing during childbirth have emerged around the world after the intense trauma caused during the process.

Locally, a petition of more than 1,200 signatures was created to appeal for the removal of mask-wearing during childbirth for women who test negative and the introduction of rapid-testing for women who go into labour spontaneously.

The argument being made by health practitioners is that situations of false negatives could occur, where the damage cause to medical staff could be irreparable especially for professionals such as midwives and mask-wearing would ultimately protect the staff, the mother and the baby.

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A coronavirus movie directed by Michael Bay is coming out in December

Nov 17 2020

Michael Bay, the director behind Bad Boys, Armageddon and a number of other blockbuster flicks, will release a pandemic thriller named ‘Songbird’ which revolves around a mutated virus years in the future.

The film is set in 2024, where the Earth is in its fourth year of lockdown trying to handle a deadlier, mutated Covid-23 with a 50 percent mortality rate.

It stars Riverdale’s KJ Apa and Sofia Carson and will premier on December 11th on VOD and on a major streaming platform in 2021.

You can watch the trailer here:

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