US agencies call for pause of Johnson & Johnson vaccine due to blood clot concerns

US agencies call for pause of Johnson & Johnson vaccine due to blood clot rumours

Apr 13 2021

US health authorities are calling for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after reports of extremely rare blood clotting cases started to surface. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported six cases in 6.8 million doses administered. Johnson & Johnson also stated that it was delaying rollout in Europe.

The vaccine was approved in the US on 27 February but, with US government, which has the highest amount of COVID-19 cases worldwide, hoping to administer hundreds of thousands of vaccinations due to its one shot use. The FDA and CDC after reviewing the cases recommended a pause out of an abundance of caution.

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Assassin’s Creed author name drops Malta as possible setting

Apr 13 2021

In a meeting with The Player, Assassin’s Creed Elderly Author Alain Mercieca stated he would love to jump onto a script featuring our sunny island of Malta. Despite putting his focus seemingly on Brazil and Chile, Mercieca stated that the island in the middle of the Mediterranean might prove to be an interesting spot to develop an intriguing script.

The island provides the possibility of creating a story centred around ‘specific niche team of warriors in a shed culture on the island.’ Despite Valhalla having just been released last year, the vision for the franchise’s future might have its eyes set on our historically rich country.

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Darren Debono’s stepdaughter charged with money-laundering alongside Albert Buttigieg

Apr 13 2021

Step-daughter of Darren Debono, Floren Sultana, who currently faces money laundering charges, has also been charged with the same crime along with a former high-ranking BNF Bank official Albert Buttigieg. The two are accused of fronting companies and laundering money linked to oil smuggling, but have pleaded not guilty for the charges filed against them.

Sultana is known as being one of the faces in a 2013 PL electoral ad ‘Courage to Vote.’ The two were subject to search and arrest warrants last year following investigations into oil smugglers Darren Debono and Jeffrey Chetcuti. Sultana is the former director of Nesvan Company Ltd and MSI Catering Ltd whilst Buttigieg is the director of Luzzu Catering Ltd, who operate Porticello and Capo Mulini respectively.

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We can’t get enough of this Malta-based Charades mobile app!

A group of local developers have launched their app 'Ras il-Fuq' on the Google Play store, where players must 'try to guess the politicians, singer, song, influencer' and more while one player holds the phone on their forehead and the others have to guess while excitedly shouting clues.

Apr 13 2021

Charades is potentially one of the most hilarious and low-maintenance games in history and trust us when we tell you that it gets so much better in Maltese.

A group of local developers have launched their app ‘Ras il-Fuq’ on the Google Play store, where players must ‘try to guess the politicians, singer, song, influencer’ and more while one player holds the phone on their forehead and the others have to guess while excitedly shouting clues.

Already endorsed by the likes of Luke Lyttleton, Ira Losco, Jacqui Losco and Stephanie Agius amongst others, this game looks promising.

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