“Statistics clearly show that vaccinations are helping to reduce deaths”, says Charmaine Gauci

Apr 22 2022

In this afternoon’s press conference, Superintendent for Public Health Prof. Charmaine Gauci stated that “the vaccine is effective especially with complications and deaths across Europe, where we can see that people who require hospital admission are unvaccinated or have not yet received their booster.”

Prof. Gauci also discussed the national death rate and explained the importance of understanding where these deaths come from. “We classify these deaths according to the WHO and if you look at the statistics, it is clear that the vaccinations are helping reduce deaths as well.”

“In fact, if you look at data from March 2020 until April 18th of this year, we have seen a 76% overall of deaths related to COVID-19 were due to ‘direct underlying cause’.”

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Malta with best broadband value in Western Europe; 12th place from 220 countries globally

Apr 22 2022

Research conducted by broadband internet comparison organisation Cable.co.uk has revealed that Malta has the cheapest cost per megabit in the entirety of Western Europe.

The study, which analysed the cost and performance of broadband in 220 countries globally found that Maltese consumers access their broadband with €0.07 per megabit, which is 2 cents less than Andorra, Spain and Portugal.

With regards to internet access costs, Malta places twelfth globally at $0.08 per megabit. Multiple Eastern European countries were frontrunners in the study when considering cost per megabit in USD, with Romania, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia leading the list together with Singapore and Thailand.

Melita CEO Harald Roesch stated that their mission is to “deliver communication products that rank top tier in Europe for value; the results of the research show that we have succeeded.”

You can view the full report here.

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Parties & weddings back to normal from May 2 as Chris Fearne lifts COVID-19 restrictions

Apr 22 2022

Earlier today, Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne announced that almost all COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted as from May 2nd, with parties and weddings to return back to normal.

This would mean that attendee limits, vaccine requirements and the wearing of masks will not remain mandatory at parties and weddings. In addition to this, Fearne also revealed that the mask-wearing measure will be lifted across Malta except for hospitals, clinics, elderly homes and during flights.

Additionally, Malta will no require passenger locator forms from travellers arriving from green zones as of May 2nd. Arrivals from red and dark red zones will still be required to fill in their PLF. The passenger locator forms created quite a stir for travellers due to the creation of longer queues and extended waiting times at the Malta International Airport.

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More Supermarkets boss who fled Malta found in Scotland; to be extradited to Malta

Apr 22 2022

More Supermarkets boss Ryan Schembri has been found and arrested in Scotland, Net News have reported.

Schembri fled Malta back in 2014, leaving a reported €40 million in debt from the crash of the local supermarket chain. The supermarket boss is said to have fled from Malta following threats from loan sharks towards him and his son.

Schembri was arrested on a European Arrest Warrant issued by Interpol a number of years ago, upon request from Maltese authorities. He is reportedly wanted on suspicions of money laundering and fraud, sources have revealed.

A judicial protest from one of the investor’s lawyers claims the client suffered huge damages as a result of Schembri’s “deceit, illegal, abusive and fraudulent behaviour.”

He is slated to be extradited to Malta and could face charges of money laundering and connection to the murder of lawyer and former investor Carmel Chircop.

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