Retired medical practitioners asked to head back to work in public sector

Dec 28 2021

The Health Ministry has called upon retired medical professionals to return for work in the public sector.

This call for medical professionals was issued in the Government Gazette and is aimed at workers who have already retired or workers who are close to retirement. It is being reported that the reason for such an initiative from the Superintendence for Public Health comes in light of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases and lack of workers in the public health sector.

In one of the calls issued, it was explained that returning workers would report to the Superintendence on a full-time or part-time basis, where their primary role would be the investigation of COVID-19 cases, contract tracing and assisting persons who would have to quarantine.

Last week, University students studying science and medicine were called upon to help with contact tracing, amongst other things.

Today, Malta registered a record-high 1,298 daily cases while 82 individuals are in hospital and 5 in the ITU.

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Police issue 206 fines related to breaching of COVID-19 measures over past week

Dec 28 2021

Over the past week, the Malta Police Force has issued 206 fines in relation to individuals who were found breaking Malta’s current COVID-19 measures. That is 3 more than the pat week, where 203 fines were issued.

The police announced this via their official Facebook, where in one case, Birkirkara district police arrested a man who not only disobeyed COVID-19 regulations but spat on the Police officer and failed from following orders.

Moreover, The Community Policing Team has registered 400 hours of community watch and 100 kilometres of travel on their e-bikes, which is slightly less than last week’s 610 hours and 260 kilometres.

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Missing man referred to as ‘Mr. X’ identified as workplace death; met with wave of hateful comments

Dec 28 2021

It seems like workplace injuries and deaths are increasing across Malta in recent months, with the latest heart-breaking workplace casualty potentially shedding on the critical situation Malta is dealing with at the moment.

The man previously referred to as ‘Mr. X’ by nurses due to the lack of identifying documentation was identified as 39-year-old Somali Ahmed Adawe Diriye, a Birzebbugia resident who fell one storey and a half while installing solar panels in a Marsa factory. After the Malta Police Force had issued a call for the missing man, authorities had realised that he had in fact died days prior due to serious injuries from the workplace incident. This comes after a similar case, that of 32-year-old Jaiteh Lamin, where the Ghanian worker fell one storey in Mellieha and was left injured on the side of the road.

To literally add insult to injury, a number of Maltese commenters on various social media sites began to post a number of racist and hateful comments in light of Ahmed’s death, with Maltese commenter Daniel Muscat shedding light on the cold-hearted nature of such comments as the population worries about ‘false numbers’ instead of what is missing in their hearts.

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1,298 new COVID-19 cases registered in all-time high daily case report

Dec 28 2021

Malta has registered its highest-ever number of daily COVID-19 cases with 1,298 new cases and 82 recoveries on December 28. This is the latest record-breaking daily COVID-19 case report within a matter of days.

The latest report brings Malta’s active case number up to 7,735 with a total of 476 deaths registered since the beginning of the pandemic. Prior to today’s report, the daily case record was registered on Christmas Eve with 955 cases, which was the third consecutive record-breaking daily case number.

82 individuals are being treated in hospital, with 5 of them currently at the ITU while no new deaths have been registered. So far, Malta’s health system has administered 1,043,069 vaccine doses and 198,772 booster doses as the authorities continue to stress the importance of getting vaccinated.

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