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Over one in 10 current COVID-19 cases are children, with the highest number in the 11-17 age group, prompting Church and independent schools to hold out while monitoring the situation closely. Among the active cases, 83 children are aged up to five years, 85 are between six and 10 and 175 are in the 11-17 age group, adding up to around 12 per cent, according to the Superintendent of Public Health, Charmaine Gauci, who was on Tuesday taking questions from Times of Malta readers. Last September, before the opening of schools, less than five per cent of those with COVID-19 were children. The number of infected children was also highlighted in August, when they made up around 1.5 per cent of active cases. ....
The HSBC Malta Foundation has sponsored a Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) award which was presented to St Joseph Senior School, Sliema, for an article investigating the issue of food waste in households. The article focuses on how food waste is generated, handled and stored in households, and how the whole supply chain affects this global challenge. The award-winning piece also discusses recipes for using left-over food for consumption instead of being wasted. In her article, Emma Manicaro emphasises the importance of reducing food waste by taking three simple steps: storing food correctly as improper storage leads to premature rotting, using preservation methods such as pickling to extend the shelf life of food and composting organic materials that can be used as fertiliser to grow plants. The full article is available on the YRE’s official website for Malta. ....