TMID Editorial: Covid-19 spike - Re-think what tourists to attract Saturday, 10 July 2021, 07:52 Last update: about 16 hours ago After weeks of barely any Covid-19 cases, the pandemic has now reared its head on Maltese shores once again. Fifty-five new cases reported on Thursday and 96 reported on Friday have seen the number of active cases shoot up to 252. In writing about this, we must note that the cloud does have a silver lining: the vast majority – some 90% - of the cases are people who have not been vaccinated yet. ADVERTISEMENT In that sense, at least this is clear proof that the vaccine – contrary to what many social media ‘experts’ (who generally use fake profiles to bleat their diatribes in many a comment board) say – is effective.