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SUNDAY • 2 AUGUST 2020 • ISSUE 1083 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
THE Q&A
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Maltese actress
Sandie Von
Brockdorff
back in Malta
Ethical minefields
MALTA yesterday regis-
tered 21 new cases of COV-
ID-19, sending the rate of
active coronavirus to 171 –
the highest since Malta last
went into semi-lockdown
back in March.
The majority of Satur-
day's cases were contacts
from previously reported
cases and two cases were
imported.
Most of the new cases
are aged under 35, with
one case being 80 years
old. Three of the new cas-
es were detected in immi-
grants who were already in
quarantine.
The rise in COVID-19
cases comes amid threats
of industrial action from
doctors and nurses unions,
which were yesterday tem-
porarily suspended after
mass events were cancelled
and new precautionary
measures introduced by the
Public Health Superintend-
ence.
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THE Nationalist Party's coun-
cillors yesterday voted to kick-
start a new leadership election
among all paid-up members.
Opposition leader Adrian
Delia lost the vote in which
he hoped councillors would
allow him to stand in a one-
horse race where members
would have to renew their
confidence in his leadership.
But at 839 votes (55.6%)
to 659 who voted for Delia's
confidence motion, it was
clear that Delia had suffered a
third loss of confidence after
first his MPs, then the party
executive voted against him
in the previous month.
Adrian Delia will
run again in a new
leadership race that
will be determined
by party members.
Photo: James Bianchi
