The Malta Chamber of Commerce is urging the health authorities to “rethink the existing quarantine measures which should be focused on a risk-based approach for fully vaccinated people.”
In a statement, the Chamber stressed that as over 81% of the adult population in Malta is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and a growing body of scientific evidence suggests that fully vaccinated people are less likely to carry asymptomatic infection or transmit the virus to others.
The Chamber argued that, “it is totally unreasonable to put these people under a mandatory 14-day quarantine when they are secondary contacts of confirmed cases.”
“Employers are ending up bearing the brunt of all this, especially where people cannot work from home,” the Chamber said.
According to the Chamber,” quarantine letters are being issued to all members of a household without specifying personal Identification. Clearly, no checks are being made on whether the members of that household are vaccinated or not.”