Update below: Health Authorities have said that a Maltese man has tested positive for Covid-19 virus, making this the sixth confirmed case in Malta. Authorities added that the man is in good health.
In at statement on Wednesday morning, the authorities said that the man had recently been on holiday in the north of Italy and “therefore, as in previous cases, the virus was imported from Italy.”
Supt. of Public Health, Prof Charmaine Gauci has given an update on the first Maltese person to have tested positive for Covid-19 in Malta.
The 55-year old man works at Mater Dei. He had returned from Northern Italy on the 8th of March, it was the next day that he started experiencing symptoms, contacted health authorities on the 10th of March and was tested for the virus.
Prof. Gauci said that the man had not returned to work since he arrived back from Italy, the public has nothing to worry about and there is no cause for concern.
All his family are in quarantine, including the man’s son who was also on the same holiday. None of the family have so far developed any symptoms Prof. Gauci said. Test results from the family are due later on Wednesday.