Corona Virus: An Update

Domestic violence is still an issue and at these times perhaps it is at its speaking. In speaking with a domestic violence charity in the UK it has seen of 400% increase in calls from women to seek help from their group. The UK newspaper, the Guardian, has reported that “ domestic abuse killings has " more than double " amid Covid-19 lockdown” . The founder of a local charity in the UK " Counting Dead Women " that takes care of domestic violence, Karen Ingala Smith said that there were “ 16 killings between 23 March and 12 April ”. She pleaded the UK government for more funds in order for these NGOs to be sustained and help vulnerable women. Much can be said about the situation of domestic violence in turkey with an increase of “ 38.2 percent ” in cases. With movement restrictions domestic violence cases has increased worldwide as now people are obliged to stay at home. In a post on New York Times said that the United Nations called on Sunday for ur...

Second Death of Coronavirus in Malta The Health department announced that the 2 nd death has been confirmed in Malta in just over 12 hours separating both deaths. We will now be seeing these deaths more frequently as the coronavirus takes its toll on the Maltese Islands. One can say that we have been expecting this issue for a long time now. We were told by the Health Authorities that people over the age of 65 are the most vulnerable and must stay at home not to get infected as they will be already suffering from chronic diseases and with the virus it makes things much more complicated for the human body to control. The man that die on Thursday was a “ 79-year-old man ” who was being treated at Karin Grech. In Malta so far we had 299 cases to be exact, 16 recovered cases and 2 deaths according to World Meters . USA still holds the most cases which the number rising by 30,000 on a daily basis up to a total of 435,000. USA also have between 1500 – 2000 deaths per single day. Spa...

We have not been going to work, not been going to university, sporting events are cancelled, major events like concerts are cancelled. Even the Eurovision is cancelled. Poor Destiny Chikunyere. One has to feel for her as she did deserve to compete in the Eurovision this year after working so hard to beat the toughest competition in Malta which is that of the X Factor. We have been seeing fines posted all around the island. On Monday it was announced that you can be more than 3 chatting outside or walking in a group as otherwise you would be " fined €100 ". Minister Byron Camilleri said that: "This does’t apply only to members of the same family who live under one roof. He said that Police patrols will increase, even in the countryside.  From tomorrow, the Police cavalry will be used for patrols in rural areas and will also have the task to disperse persons who feel that it is picnic time and join together in a large group in the countryside. Policemen with dogs wil...

Unfortunately in Malta, when it rains it pours. Let's now speak about the elephant in the room and that elephant is called the coronavirus. Now with 139 cases confirmed on the island and having 1 severe. The Health officials are trying to make the most out of this situation but the virus is here to stay for at least another 3 months and it is here to replicate and jump from one person to the other. What we hope for Malta is that we do not end up in a situation like Italy as they will be the end for the Maltese race.  Health Minister, Dr. Chris Fearne has announced a partial lockdown starting Saturday saying that: "T he new set of measures will affect 118,000 people and that individuals under 65 with a medical condition will be individually informed by letter from the Government’s Chief Medical doctor. This also applied to relatives living with them." According to world meters  at the time of writing there has been already 597.458 coronavirus cases worldwide with 27,3...

Now after it has entered Malta the virus affected first the Italian staying in Malta as they returned from Italy but now it in infected the Maltese who also came from Italy. The Maltese man who was infected is a doctor by profession so he knows very well how to handle this sort of virus. Lovin Malta reported that Malta’s first coronavirus patients " had food delivered to their door to respect self-quarantine rules" . Michael Borg an infection control officer at Mater Dei said that the family deserved a thank you from the Maltese society for being so cautious and respectful not like other infected people who went straight to work from their airport and God knows who they infected afterwards with the disease. Michael Borg said: “These people were so responsible and had such a sense of civic duty that, thanks to them, we managed to isolate this case and will definitely keep it isolated.” As of Thursday, we have two other cases reported and in total we have nine case...

Are we supposed to be happy? Is it good news or it bad news? Or we were just trying to avoid the inevitable?  The Coranavirus is now with us, it " is  confirmed . "  It has been with us since Thursday but we have discovered it and made it public on Saturday. Health Minister, Dr. Chris Fearne, tried to reassure people in a press conference which was reported by the  Times of Malta  on Saturday that: "We would like to reassure the public that these cases are being kept in isolation," The children did not go to school and the parents did not go to work or leave the house. Their contact with other people was minimal”. The 12-year-old girl's parents and sister are also being kept in mandatory quarantine at Mater Dei."  Is the world news saying anything about Malta being another country to be infected with the coronavirus? Of course not, we are too small for somebody to take notice of us. They have their own coronavirus to worry about and this...

The coronavirus is spreading around the globe at a rapid pace than everyone had expected. Every country is trying to rescue its people from the most infected place in the world which is Wuhan in China. China is where the coronavirus started which now has been given a new name which is COVID-19. It is called COVID-19 because of the following: CO - short for corona (the first 2 letters) VI - short for virus (the first 2 letters) D-19 - D is for December and 19 is for 2019, the month and year in which the coronavirus has emerged. A lot of news websites around the world are raising their concern about the virus as deaths are rising over 1500. The India Times main story is about the Coronavirus which has tallied up to 1500 deaths already in a space of 2 months. It has spiked dramatically. In single day alone it took the lives of 242 citizens. India is " sending medical supplies " to China later on this week in a bid to help the Chinese people fight the what is ...