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WEDNESDAY • 29 JULY 2020 • ISSUE 698 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
EDITORIAL • PAGE 11
New NAO report finds OPM
ignored VGH due diligence
exercise outcome
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65 migrants from group saved
on Monday have coronavirus
Report on 'missing' VGH MoU implies
that Keith Schembri and OPM were
primarily responsible for controversial
hospitals concession deal
KARL AZZOPARDI
65 migrants from a group of 94
who arrived in Malta on Mon-
day have tested positive for
COVID-19, the health author-
ities said.
Nine other migrants are still
awaiting results after getting
swabbed.
Migrants who tested positive
will continue to be isolated at
the Ħal Far Initial Reception
Centre and the rest will remain
in quarantine and followed up
by health professionals for 14
days.
The test results for the re-
maining nine migrants will be
issued later on tonight.
The statement issued by the
Health Ministry did not give
information on the health con-
dition of these people.
The group of 94 was rescued
by the AFM and brought to
Malta on Monday.
A spokesperson for the Home
Affairs Ministry told Malta-
Today that the migrants were
tested for COVID-19 as per
normal procedure. She said
they will be kept isolated from
the rest of the residents at the
Ħal Far Initial Reception Cen-
tre.
She said that the AFM per-
sonnel on board the vessel
adopted the established safety
procedures that have been in
force since the start of the pan-
demic. The AFM personnel will
undergo a health assessment to
determine whether
they need to be
quarantined.
President to be
elected through
two-thirds
parliamentary
majority
Government and
Opposition in agreement
on Constitutional
amendments
