Jour de liberté : l Angleterre se réveille lundi débarrassée de presque toutes les restrictions sanitaires en dépit d une nouvelle flambée de contaminations, tandis qu à Tokyo, les craintes d un cluster de coronavirus au Village olympique se renforcent à J-4.
Ignorant les appels à revenir sur sa décision et à contre-courant de nombreux pays, le Premier ministre britannique Boris Johnson a confirmé la levée de quasi toutes les restrictions restantes en Angleterre lundi, se bornant à appeler ses compatriotes à faire preuve de prudence .
M. Johnson, lui-même actuellement à l isolement suite à un contact avec une personne positive, fait ainsi fi du récent appel d un groupe d influents scientifiques internationaux qui estime que sa décision risque de saper les efforts de contrôle de la pandémie non seulement au Royaume-Uni, mais également dans d autres pays .
Malta is once again on the EU’s red travel list as the number of COVID-19 cases continued to spike in recent weeks.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) issues a weekly map classifying each country based on the number of cases and positivity rate detected in the previous week. It is part of the European Council’s recommendation on a coordinated approach to travel measures in the EU.
In the latest map, issued on Thursday, Malta was listed as a red country after the 14-day case notification rate shot up to 122 and the positivity rate stood at 4.08. A country is classified as red if the notification rate falls between 75 and 200 and the positivity rate is higher than four.
Spike in Covid-19 cases puts Malta back on red list
Spike in Covid-19 cases puts Malta back on red list
Monday, 19 July 2021, 07:42
Last update: about 17 hours ago
Malta’s tourism season could take another blow after Malta was placed on the red list by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The move comes amid a recent surge in the number of Covid-19 cases.
Malta currently has over 1,800 active cases after recording triple-digit numbers over the past week.
The country was placed on the ECDC red list after the 14-day case notification climbed to 122 and the positivity rate increased to over 4.08.