WHO states Europe’s vaccine rollout is unacceptably low

Apr 1 2021

The World Health Organisation has criticised Europe’s vaccine rollout as being unacceptably low, with the situation in the region being more worrying than it has ever been for several months. With France announcing its new lockdown measures for the entire country, WHO highlighted the several delays that European countries have experienced in receiving vaccines. EU criticised the pace of vaccination being only 16% of EU population, whereas UK being at 52%.

Who director for Europe Hans Kluge stated that the rollout should be improved by ramping up manufacturing, reducing barriers to administration and using every single vial found in stock. The EU stated that the UK has had unfair advantages due to contracts with manufacturers.

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52 COVID-19 cases registered with 146 recoveries

Apr 1 2021

Malta has registered 52 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 1,762 swab tests, while 146 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Saturday 13th March 2021, 197,383 vaccine doses were administered of which 54,578 were 2nd doses.

To date, Malta has registered 29,085 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 27,951 have recovered, 394 died and 740 are still active.

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Teen arrested after hold-up in Qormi

Apr 1 2021

Police have arrested a 19-year-old teenager moments after he allegedly committed a hold-up in a shop in San Bartolomew Road, Qormi. The incident happened on 30th March 2021, with authorities convening immediately on location after an employee, 34-years-old, reported the incident. Investigations revealed that the employee was approached by a man wielding a pointed weapon and demanded money.

The authorities managed to identify the individual and initiated the search. He was later arrested in a residence in Sliema, and is now being held in Floriana lock-up. The teenager is expected to appear in court today around 12:30 in front of Magistrate Dr Victor Axiak LL.D.

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PwC to allow employees to start and leave whenever they like

Apr 1 2021

PriceWaterhouseCooper is implementing a revision of the traditional work week by allowing its employees to work from home, start and/or leave whenever they like. The change follows the pandemic’s effect on businesses and the accounting company wants to offer its workers much more freedom over their working patterns. Chairman Kevin Ellis said that this flexibility should become the norm rather than the exception, making employees feel trusted and empowered.

This post-pandemic strategy aims to retain a mix of working from home and office, as ‘without conscious planning now there’s a risk we lose the best bits of these new ways of working when the economy opens up again’ stated Ellis.

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