Share this: Be Careful, qagħaq and ottini may contain Ethylene Oxide

Dec 13 2020

The Environmental Health Directorate has informed the public that certain products from Brinc’s Biscuits might contain Ethylene Oxide.

Ethylene Oxide is a pesticide which is not good for human consumption and its use is also unapproved.

The batches which might be affected are;

Brinc’s qagħaq tal-ġunġlien: all lots up to L20323 with best before dates up to 18-12-20.

Brinc’s ottini: lot numbers 20231-20325 and from best before dates 14-2-21 up to 19-5-21.

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Man dead after falling 3 storeys at St. Peter’s Pool area

Dec 13 2020

An Austrian man fell to his death this morning at around 8:40 AM in Delimara.

The man was certified dead at the scene.

An inquiry will be lead by Magistrate Nadine Lia.

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Statistician Vincent Marmara says COVID-19 r-factor is down to 0.75%

Dec 13 2020

Statistician Vincent Marmara said in this week’s vlog for the Malta Independent that the reproduction factor for the COVID-19 virus has gone down to 0.75%.

This means that the virus is now statistically transmitted to one person or less from each infected person.

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52 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 90 recoveries

Dec 13 2020

Malta has registered 52 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,659 swab tests, while 90 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, 19 cases were contacts of positive work colleagues, 14 cases were direct contacts with other positive cases, 4 cases were from social gatherings.

To date, Malta has registered 11,153 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 9,169 have recovered, 169 died and 1,815 are still active.

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