The government has ordered all non-essential shops and services as well as schools to close for at least a month amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Prime Minister
The House of Representatives will hold a debate on the current COVID-19 situation on Thursday morning.
It follows an opposition request at the start of Wednesd
It is the role of the press to ask uncomfortable questions
Journalism is there to mediate between a public that cannot question the people in authority, and those calling the shots
7 March 2021, 3:00pm
A provocative question by MaltaToday, to the Superintendent for Public Health this week, raised hackles on social media. It was intended at getting Charmaine Gauci to respond to the feeling out on the street – as well as the informed opinions of the entirety of Malta’s main medical and specialist colleges – that the science that informs the public health response to COVID-19 has been overwhelmed by political expedience.
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The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Saturday.
Times of Malta leads with remarks by the Superintendent for Public Health, Charmaine Gauci