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The national flag dominated roofs, balconies, and windows of hundreds of thousands of homes in Malta and Gozoas a show of courage during these challenging times and as an expression of hope for what is to come. The publicenthusiastically welcomed the call to show their acknowledgment and solidarity with those heroes who are at theforefront in the fight against the invisible enemy. This is a strong-willed people who wants to get out of this situationand continue moving forward. This is a people that loves Malta. #unitedtogether

RED AND WHITE

MORE GOOD NEWS

Another 19 persons have recovered from Covid-19 after their tests came back negative. 14 are men and 5 are women.This means that the total of those recovered has now gone up to 118. At the same time, there was only one case of aperson who tested positive for the virus. So far in Malta there are 306 active cases. In the last 24 hours 787 swabswere taken. There were some who did not keep their appointment to take the test. The health authorities haveappealed that appointments should be respected regardless of the day. It is important that, together, we continueobserving the regulations. We should stay at home and avoid close contact with people if we do not want thesituation to go for the worse and lose everything.

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96 persons were fined €100 each during the continuous patrols that the Police are doing in order to ensure that thereare no groups of more than 3 people in public places, as per the legal notice published by the government. To date646 persons have been fined in breach of being in groups of more than 3 people in public. The appeal remains thateveryone should be responsible and cooperate with the directives being issued by the authorities. A foodestablishment in Marsaxlokk was fined €3,000 after an inspection found that it had a bench outside on the streetwith 2 clients eating on it. The establishment was supposed to be only serving take-away or deliveries.

INSPECTIONS

The number of beds at the Gozo General Hospital for patients who might get infected by Covid-19 has nowgone up to 120. The increase took place after elderly people who were in Sant’Anna ward in this hospitalwere relocated a licenced building close to the hospital. The building, which can accommodate a further20 elderly persons, has been equipped with all the necessities in order to serve as an old people’s homewhile offering good services and comfort. The relocation took place as part of the plan for Gozo to bewell-equipped to deal with the spread of Covid-19.

MORE BEDS IN GOZO

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DREAM NOW…VISIT US LATER

Work has already started in the tourism sector aimed towards enticing prospective tourists to visit Malta once theCovid-19 pandemic is over. Currently, there is no air or sea travel whatsoever among a number of countries, ameasure taken by many governments. The Malta Tourism Authority, however, has launched a publicity campaignin 14 different languages in order to remain in contact with prospective tourists and to show them the bestcharacteristics of Malta. The campaign is part of the strategy in the tourism sector in order to ensure that Malta is ina good position in tourism once the spread of the virus passes, as touristic competition in the Mediterranean isexpected to be very strong. View www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y8TI07JIxA

SAFEGUARDING OF JOBS

2,200 jobs in the private education sector will be safeguarded after an agreement was reached between thegovernment, independent schools, and private childcare centres. The same holds for students, none of whom will losetheir place at school. In private schools there are more than 900 full-time employees and 180 part-time ones. Thanksto this agreement, all fees will be reduced by 35% while teaching continues online. The 778 full-time and 269 part-timeworkers at private childcare centres will also have their employment secured. This means that once the spread ofCovid-19 passes, the free childcare scheme will once again start in order to strengthen our country’s labour marketand economy.

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HELPLINES

2598 1000 – For those who have queries about the educational sector

80074313/79307307 – For those who have difficulties regarding blood donation

2204 2800 – For foreign citizens who wish to be repatriated

2169 2447– For hoteliers and tourists who have queries about theannounced measures

2590 3030 – For elderly people without means of assistance who require medicine,ready meals, or food products (fruit and vegetables)

2546 9111 – For those who work in the gaming industry.

21411 411 – For those in mandatory quarantine who require food andmedical provisions

144 – For those who require information about the measures of the financialpackage which are administered by Malta Enterprise

153 – For those who require information about the measures of the financialpackage which are administered by the Department of Social Security

1772 – For those who are feeling lonely

1770 – Helpline for emotional support and mental wellbeing

1575 – For employees to ask about wages and employment conditions

2545 1111 – For Mater Dei, Boffa Hospital, and Sir Anthony Mamo healthcare workers

2364 5002 – For Primary Health Care, Gozo General Hospital, andMount Carmel employees

1576 – For employers to ask about wages and employment conditions

2294 4511/2294 4504 – To report breaches of regulations regarding public healthand Covid-19 to the Police

2204 2200 – For Maltese residents who are stranded in another country andwish to return to Malta

111 – For those who experience symptoms of COVID-19 or those who requirefurther information