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Teachers union urges government to keep schools closed

Jan 6 2021 Share

In a statement posted to Facebook earlier today, the Malta Union of Teachers reported that the Ministry of Education was urged to keep schools closed by the Health Authorities, advice which was not taken to heart as schools are scheduled to continue as scheduled.

The union expressed its disagreement with the ‘business-as-usual’ attitude adopted by the Education Ministry and feels that it should protect its educators and students.

The MUT issues a formal request to the government to keep schools and warns of consequences down the line.

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Chris Fearne’s breaking health conference: everything you missed

Jan 6 2021 Share

In a breaking health conference addressed by Chris Fearne earlier today, the Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister addressed a number of issues with regards to the COVID-19 situation in Malta.

Primarily, Dr. Fearne notified the public with regards to the European Union’s imminent approval of the Moderna vaccine, which Malta would be receiving along with the other member states – a vaccine which requires a 4-week window between doses.

He went on to address that Malta will have administered vaccines to all front-liners, vulnerable and residents of institutions whilst the country as a whole should achieve herd immunity by the end of summer.

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COVID-19 cases surpass 200 for first time since November as daily cases reach all-time high

Jan 6 2021 Share

Today’s daily case report brought quite a shock to the system as Malta has registered its highest-ever number of daily COVID-19 cases with 224 cases.

This is the first time Malta has surpassed 200 cases since November 2020, where the saħħa page had reported 218 cases overnight on the 2nd of November.

As cases surge around the world with countries in Europe announcing lockdowns, what does the future hold for Malta? Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne is set to address the public later today.

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224 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 80 recoveries

62 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 114 recoveries
Jan 6 2021 Share

Malta has registered 224 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 3,365 swab tests, while 80 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

From yesterday’s cases; 32 cases were family members of previously known cases, 10 cases were contact of positive work colleagues, 20 cases were direct contacts with other positive cases and 12 cases were from social gatherings with other positive cases.

To date, Malta has registered 13,612 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 11,540 have recovered, 227 died and 1,845 are still active.

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