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Weekly COVID-19 bulletin to be halted for the time being

Weekly COVID-19 bulletin to be halted for the time being
Jun 11 2021 Share

During a conference held today regarding the restart of social and cultural events in Malta, Health Minister Chris Fearne revealed the future of social and cultural events in Malta, amongst others the restart of seated events with a maximum capacity of 100 people as from 5th July.

During her discourse, Superintendent for Public Health Prof. Charmaine Gauci announced that the weekly COVID-19 bulletin held on Friday will be put to a halt for the time being as the country is slowly recovering from the effects of the pandemic.

Prof. Gauci stated that the Health Authorities will remain at the public’s disposal and will see to any questions, issues or inquiries they may have.

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2 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 5 recoveries

1 COVID-19 case registered with 2 recoveries
Jun 11 2021 Share

Malta has registered 2 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 1,817 swab tests, while 5 patients have recovered. No deaths were registered in the past 24 hours. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Thursday 10th June 2021, 576,256 vaccine doses were administered of which 334,367 were 1st doses. 251,553 people are currently fully vaccinated.

To date, Malta has registered 30,571 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 30,096 have recovered, 419 died and 64 are still active.

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Seated events from maximum 100 people with vaccine certificate from 5 July

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Addressing a 12:30 press conference today, Health Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne revealed that as from 5th July, Malta will begin gradually reopening social and cultural events.

This means that as from the stipulated date, citizens with a vaccine certificate will be able to attend these events, where attendees must fill in a form to ensure the following of the current COVID-19 protocols.

Fearne specified that the outdoor and indoor events must be enclosed with controlled entry to mitigate the spread and only seated events with a maximum of 100 people will be allowed from 5th July, with the cap increasing to 200 people from 2nd August.

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€100 vouchers for elderly tourists visiting Malta between October & December

€100 vouchers for elderly tourists visiting Malta between October & December
Jun 11 2021 Share

Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo has announced a new scheme for elderly tourists travelling to Malta over a long period of time, where travellers aged 65 and over may receive €100 vouchers at a minimum of 15 nights.

The voucher scheme applies for the period between 18th October and 19th December to incentivise tourism beyond peak season and vouchers can be used on local establishments such as restaurants.

The vouchers will be distributed by the tourism operators and handed to tourists on arrival and are expected to generate five million euro towards the local economy from an investment on one million.

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