San Gwann local council members defend tombola event after Covid-19 transmission<\/p>\n
Members within the San Gwann local council have defended the council after it organised a lunch for elderly people which led to 70 people being put in quarantine.<\/p>\n
This comes following the report made by Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci during her final Covid briefing for 2020. She revealed that another eight people tested positive for Covid-19 after attending the same lunch event.<\/p>\n
Gauci warned the public against sociolising over the new year and to continue follow the measures which are in place to restrict the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n
Members of the San Gwann local council spoke to both Lovin Malta<\/a> and Times of Malta, and reported that “all legal protocols” were followed during this lunch event.<\/p>\n The temperature of all attending people was checked, the use of sanitisers was enforced and six people were seated for every table.<\/p>\n The eight people who contracted the virus, were four siblings who sat at the same table, and another two were a mother and daughter, Times of Malta reported.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n