Families in a quandary It is very disappointing that so many UK families will be unable to visit Malta in their school summer holidays. Malta has done brilliantly with its COVID-19 vaccination programme and the UK is not far behind. But the vaccination is not available to children under 18, except in very special circumstances, so families with children aged between 12 and 17 will be unable to visit. It seemed as if there was one reliable and attractive destination for UK families this summer but this is no longer the case. Their disappointment will, no doubt, be echoed by the many restaurants, hotels and other tourist businesses hoping for a good summer season and which have just lost a large share of their potential market.