Second quarantine hotel required after first one close to full capacity

Jul 15 2021

The Times of Malta have reported that calls for a second quarantine hotel have been made by the Malta Tourism Authority as the Corinthia Marina in St. Julian’s nears full capacity.

As the 200-room Corinthia Marina approaches full capacity with 287 guests, the call for another quarantine hotel was issued on Wednesday and will reportedly close on Friday ahead of processing of public procurement rules, with the hotel to be chosen next week.

The Malta Tourism Authority issued an announcement earlier this week that unvaccinated arrivals will be charged at least €1,400 per room for their two-week quarantine and will apply to anyone who arrives without an approved vaccine certificate.

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Posted by Malta Tourism Authority on Wednesday, 14 July 2021

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Maxine Pace releases emotional new tune ‘Pull Me Closer’

Jul 14 2021

Following a string of well-received releases, local songstress Maxine Pace returns with a heartfelt track focusing on the struggles of maintaining a relationship with the name ‘Pull Me Closer’.

Bringing together a star-studded list of local creatives, ’Pull Me Closer’ is written by Maxine Pace & Matthew ‘Muxu’ Mercieca and produced & mastered by Railway Studios’ very own Peter Borg.

The vivid & emotional music video is directed by local visionary Steven Levi Vella and produced by Leviplus.

The song is part of Maxine’s highly-anticipated EP, which will be launching towards the end of July and will feature popular tracks such as Thunder & Cool Like You, along with 3 unreleased tracks.

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New study links drinking alcohol to cancer

Jul 14 2021

A new study published the journal ‘The Lancelot Oncology’ reported that over 4% of all new cancer cases in 2020 were attributed to alcohol consumption. Analysing available data on population-level alcohol use in 2010 and on cancer cases in 2020, a 10 year period between consumption and appearance of cancer was assumed. The types of cancer included in the study – lip and oral cavity, laryngeal and breast cancers – have lengthy development periods and previous evidence of causal relationship with alcohol consumption.

Men represented 568,700 cases of the 741,300 new alcohol-attributable cancer cases diagnose last year, with women accounting for 172,600 of the cases. Most cancers were found in the oesophagus, liver and breasts, with 47% of the cancers linked to heavy drinking. Authors defined heavy drinking as 60 or more grams of ethanol alcohol per day.

The consumption of 20 to 60 grams (two to six drinks) of ethanol alcohol daily was deemed ‘risky drinking’ by the researchers. These represented 39.4% of alcohol-attributable cancer cases. Moderate drinking (20 or fewer drinks daily) contributed to nearly 14% or 1 in 7 cases. Study author Harriet Rumgay stated that public health strategies, such as reduced alcohol availability, labelling alcohol products with health warnings and marketing bans could reduce the rates of alcohol-driven cancer.

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Tourists in quarantine to pay €1,400 per room

Jul 14 2021

The Malta Tourism Authority issued a post following the recent legal notices in terms of travel to Malta. Anyone visiting the island without the vaccination certificate will be subject to mandatory quarantine in a hotel and will be subject to a minimum accommodation cost of €1,400 per room. Provided that any person who cannot take the vaccine for medical reasons and any person between 5 and 11-years-old shall not be required to submit to quarantine provided they show evidence of a negative PCR test.

The same applies to Maltese residents who had booked flights prior to the issuing of this new regulation. Coming into effect today Wednesday 14th July 2021, the rules initially banned anyone without a vaccine certificate from coming to Malta. The regulations were changed hours before the date of the implementation.

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