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Francis Zammit Dimech will not contest Secretary General role
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PN in drive to draw in young, new candidates, amid poor polls
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The Nationalist Party wants the government to create a scientist-led COVID advisory board and has proposed pegging public health measures to key indicators.
Speaking at a press conference earlier today, PN MPs Clyde Puli and Claudio Grech said the advisory board would be similar to the UK’s scientific advisory group for emergencies (SAGE) and would be required to publish all its minutes, for transparency.
SAGE provides the UK government with scientific and technical advice during emergencies, such as pandemics. Its membership depends on the emergency being faced but generally includes leading specialists from academia and industry.
The PN is also calling for the government to set itself explicit targets in its battle against COVID-19 and proposed pegging some public health measures to targets in key indicators, such as the rate of hospitalisation and the number of deaths.
A failing contact tracing system and lax enforcement is leading COVID-19 cases to spiral out of control, the Nationalist Party said on Tuesday.
Addressing a press conference, Opposition health spokesman Stephen Spiteri said that if action was not taken by the authorities soon, the healthcare system could collapse under the pressure of the coronavirus spread.
Malta registered an all-time high of new COVID-19 cases, with 336 confirmed in the last 24 hours.
Authorities also announced the death of three people, increasing the death toll to 319.
Spiteri shied away from calling for increased restrictive measures when asked by reporters, instead saying that if the current rules were followed and enforced, the situation would not have escalated this far.
COVID-19: PN calls for stricter enforcement and more efficient contact tracing
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