The Malta Independent 10 April 2020, Friday

Covid-19: Parents will be allowed back in NPICU once swabbing completed, all clear given

Parents will be allowed back into the pediatric intensive care unit once all babies, staff, and the parents themselves have been swabbed and cleared, health sources have told The Malta...

latest comment from L. Galea, 10/04/2020 13:45: Do these parents have the interest of their child and other children at heart. Having a child at the Npicu is not a walk in the park. The restrictions are only fair. Should the press not discuss what is sensible for publishing rather than be sensational. Perhaps these parents are not aware of the fragility and danger such young patients face. Out of all hospital Npicu is the place with strictest protocol and their is reason for that, which at times requires even stricter measures. Kindly respect the babies.
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Hold-up in Zabbar on food delivery man… by customers he served

A food delivery man had the shock of his life when two customers he was delivering food to brandished a knife and demanded money, the police said....

latest comment from Peter Paul Ellul, 10/04/2020 11:34: Are you for real? It is completely the opposite case. Here the media is all in favour of foreigners and has a MASSIVE anti-Maltese bias. Whenever foreigners are involved no details as to the perpetrators of the crime are given. On the contrary every single petty Maltese delinquent is named and shamed if possible with a mugshot.
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In a test of faith, Christians mark Good Friday in isolation

Christians are commemorating Jesus' crucifixion without the solemn church services or emotional processions of past years, marking Good Friday in a world locked down by the coronavirus...

latest comment from Len, 10/04/2020 12:15: The "monks with the brown robes" in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre are FRANCISCANS. Can't you even check the news item to give proper names to the "clerics" who man the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre? I thought expert journalism was about getting names correct!!!!! If it had been a question of scandal I am sure they would have been singled out correctly!!!
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Wiped out of toilet paper? Here's why

What does toilet paper have to do with the global coronavirus pandemic? Nothing. Yet millions of people have been panicking about their household supply. Store shelves have been emptied....

latest comment from HappyNow, 10/04/2020 07:07: Look for the video of the Dutch storage worker driving his forklift in a store for toilet paper which is 2 football fields big and stacked 3 stories high, and laughing his a$$ off at the toilet paper hoarding....
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Watch: Change in lifestyle causing a shift in theft crimes, rise in domestic violence reports

Over the past month, people residing in Malta experienced a major shift in lifestyle due to the COVID-19 pandemic reaching islands. Along with this situation, came a change in the kind of petty crimes...

latest comment from Peter Paul Ellul, 10/04/2020 08:17: There are many delinquents and criminals out on the loose with suspended sentences, probation orders and such like. Its like waiting for a time-bomb to explode. Effective imprisonment sentences and bigger prisons are a must.
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Euro countries agree half trillion euros in support

Governments from the 19 countries that use the euro overcame sharp differences to agree Thursday on measures that could provide more than a half-trillion euros ($550 billion) for companies, workers...

latest comment from George Palmer, 10/04/2020 10:44: The EU is looking less and less relevant during this crisis as country's get on with doing what they please instead of what they're told by Brussels. The EU will collapse soon and not before time.
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db Group project will cause irreparable damage to quality of life, residents, NGOs say

Pembroke residents have insisted that the widespread opposition to the db Group project on the former ITS site should be respected, and the project will cause "irreparable" damage to their quality of...

latest comment from Holiday99, 10/04/2020 11:53: This Labour Government has caused the single worst deterioration in our quality of life, irrespective of whether you live in town or in the countryside. All this is done because of the 2013 agreement between the Labour Party and the Developers. Robert Abela, Joseph Muscat’s former Advisor continues with this agreement for some mysterious reason. The only hope for a return to normality is a recession in the construction of industry when after the Corona Virus, Malta will not be awash with money.
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PA indicates intention to grant permission for 15-storey tower in Ta’ Xbiex

The Planning Authority has indicated its intention to grant permission for a 15-storey tower in Ta' Xbiex which had initially been recommended for refusal by the case officer over the height of its...

latest comment from Peter Vella, 10/04/2020 11:49: 'The development was recommended for refusal by the case officer because the height of four basement garages was 30 centimetres below the minimum level required by law.' This means that our laws are useless. Also is there a study regarding air circulation. What about if say 50% of the cars are leaving the garage at the same time, like every morning? Will the place become a death trap?
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Better times are to come, but for now, we must make the necessary sacrifices – Delia

Now is the time to take a stand as a nation, to make the necessary sacrifices together for our safety, Opposition Leader Adrian Delia said this evening. "The decisions that Superintendent for...

latest comment from Mr Caruana, 09/04/2020 19:23: Very well said DR DELIA, the only person in Malta who is taking this issue lightly, is ROBERT ABELA, he is still urging us to go OUT JOGGING IN PAIRS, incredible.
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'No other patients, staff at Residenza Sant' Anna tested positive for virus' - Steward Health Care

No other patients residing at or staff working at Residenza Sant' Anna in Gozo - the elderly home where the country's first COVID-19 victim lived - have tested positive for the virus, while any staff...

latest comment from Francis Saliba, 10/04/2020 05:46: Any possible spread of the Covid-19 disease in the residence may still be in tn the latent incubation period and would not be detectable at this early stage.
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COVID-19: First batch of wage supplement payments to be given out next week – Silvio Schembri

Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Businesses Silvio Schembri said that the first batch payments for those who applied for the COVID-19 wage supplement scheme will start being given out...

latest comment from blakantunieri, 09/04/2020 20:14: A self employed with a small number of employees was denied the wage supplement because he manufactures fireplaces. Isn't this rediculous ? The wage supplement is intended to save jobs. So why not those who produce fire places?
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Second Coronavirus victim: Man dies at Karen Grech Hospital

A 79-year-old man is the second victim of Coronavirus in Malta, the government said in a statement....

latest comment from mario mifsud, 09/04/2020 08:19: Flattening the curve is the correct policy to assume in order to ensure that the hospital is not overwhelmed. However each country needs to have a strategy how to beat the virus. Other bigger countries that are not "small islands in the middle of the sea " took more time to enforce a lockdown. However after three weeks these countries are now containing the virus spread and many people in these countries want to go back to work and start phase 2...namely living with the virus .The WHO has plainly advised against lessening such measures now, until such time as the virus has been fully contained, namely that new cases are not reported in these countries. We in Malta took at least 3 weeks before we shut down the airport and the ports and have not enforced a total lockdown. So I cannot see that an exit stragey exists at all , although the number of cases is small, since many people are taking the advice of the Health Authorities not to go out. Let us not just blame the elderly because deaths are occurring from among the elderly, but ensure that government has the correct policy. Total lockdown in Malta can work , provided we are equipped with an emergency work force so that food and medicines are distributed to the elderly , public transport is stopped and people are allowed to go out only to buy food and medicine not more than once a day.
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Forcing immediate refunds to passengers for cancelled flights would harm airlines – PL MEP

Forcing airlines to refund passengers for cancelled flights immediately would signify the death knell for many European airlines, Maltese MEP Josianne Cutajar told the Socialist and Democrat MEPs in a...

latest comment from Vic, 10/04/2020 12:39: Anything for a photo and some publicity for our MEPs. They give you the impression that they get paid per photo and blurb in the press or social media. I know it's not the case but I'm sure that collectively they get more publicity on a weekjly basis than anyone else on the island including the Prime Minister.
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