Prof. Charmaine Gauci announced that airport testing is still being enforced and taken seriously. As from the 14th of January up until the 20th of January, 1,029 rapid tests were performed at the Malta International Airport and 2 were found positive.
Positive cases were immediately asked to quarantine in order to avoid spreading the virus. The two imported cases came from Poland (15th Jan) and Bulgaria (16th Jan).
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Malta has registered 143 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 3,111 swab tests, while 201 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.
As of Thursday 21st January 2021, 16,531 vaccine doses were administered.
To date, Malta has registered 16,423 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 13,435 have recovered, 248 died and 2,740 are still active.
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Replay has reported that Haley Bugeja, 16-year-old Maltese Football player who is dominating in her debut at the female football Seria A, has been garnering interest from some of Europe’s best Football Clubs.
The website tuttocalciofemminile.com has reported that among the clubs who are interested in the U.S. Sassuolo player, Bugeja, is Juventus (whom Nicole Sciberras already plays for).
Replay has also been informed that it is not just Italian clubs who are interested in Bugeja but also other European clubs, however, no information regarding actual offers is yet confirmed.
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Prime Minister, Robert Abela stressed the importance of increasing the production of the COVID-19 vaccine during a virtual meeting of the European Council.
He said that, roll-out is as important as certification of vaccination and that this will facilitate the movement of people in their own countries as well as between countries.
The Prime Minister also said that Malta will keep doing its utmost to vaccinate people as fast as possible.
#EUCO VTC convened by @eucopresident on #COVID19 vaccine production, vaccination roll-out and certification. Spoke on the importance of stepping up vaccine production & certificates to facilitate movement of persons. We will do our best to keep vaccinating as fast as we can – RA pic.twitter.com/sloVrbKmH2
— Robert Abela (@RobertAbela_MT) January 21, 2021
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