As Malta enters a second shutdown, there is the inevitable feeling of
déjà vu in the air: the closure of non-essential shops and schools means the country is in a very similar situation to a year ago.
This time, however, the fear for some is “more real”.
Josephine Mascari
“We’re back to where we were last March. Only, this time, there is more fear as there have been so many cases and many people have died,” widow Josephine Mascari, 75, said.
After an unprecedented 510 new cases of the virus were reported early on Wednesday afternoon, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced new restrictions.
In a first for Malta, a new online community by SHE has been launched to virtually connect, engage and inspire women, both in life and in business.
Launched in 2017 by co-founders Julia Perry and Sarah Woods, SHE: Social Hub Entrepreneurs offers an inviting and inclusive space for like-minded individuals to collaborate and grow. The hub’s regularly hosted networking events have become a popular fixture for business professionals across Malta, both to network and to benefit from the guidance of the featured expert guest panellists.
The ongoing success of the in-person SHE events is now set to continue via the new SHE online community, which was launched at the beginning of 2021 by Woods alone following Perry’s decision to step down as SHE co-director. “I’m really excited to have launched this new online community, and I’m absolutely loving the journey and the energy of the current group of members,” said Woods. “The members, leaders and collaborators bring their own
People with chronic conditions are demanding assurances that they will be vaccinated against COVID-19 before those who “unfairly” seek to get bumped up the queue, heightening their anxiety after a year of “no life”.
They are calling for clarity and peace of mind, following sacrifices they have been facing since March.
Since the rollout started slowly this year, in what has become a fight for the vaccine, anyone from teachers to bank employees, the maritime industry and healthcare students in contact with patients have made a case to be prioritised in the programme, raising concern among the medically vulnerable that they would be pushed down the line.
In March we were all suddenly catapulted into a world of social distancing, facemasks, quarantine, self-isolation, swab tests and lockdowns. The coronavirus pandemic impacted us all. Sarah Carabott and Claudia Calleja spoke to 19 people, from various backgrounds, to shed light on their experience with COVID-19.
John and Marisa Zammit - Grandparents One grandchild celebrated his first birthday at home alone with his parents – we could not all be there, which was sad.
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Charmaine Gauci – Superintendent of Public Health
Charmaine Gauci – Superintendent of Public Health The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into reality what the world feared most – a virus which could spread so fast across the globe with an impact on everybody’s lives.