Three cases of mutated new coronavirus infection have been detected in Malta

, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Three cases of mutated new coronavirus infection have been detected in the country, Health Minister Fein announced Wednesday.
said on social media the same day, two of them from the United Kingdom to Malta foreigners, the other is a Maltese, the route of infection is still under investigation. Three infected persons have been quarantined and their closest contacts have been quarantined.
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the same day at the weekly briefing on the outbreak, said that two confirmed foreigners, one is a 37-year-old woman, one is a 47-year-old male. They arrived in Malta by plane from the United Kingdom on the 19th, and then tested positive for the new coronavirus at the airport and were immediately quarantined. The third, a 75-year-old Maltese woman, is not yet clear how she contracted the mutated new coronavirus.
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reiterated his call for The Maltese to keep their distance to stem the spread of the epidemic and announced that the country would continue to close bars and clubs until February 1 next year.
according to data released by Malta's Ministry of Health on the 30th, the country currently has a cumulative total of 12,665 new crown confirmed cases, a total of 216 deaths, the existing confirmed cases of 1392 cases. It is reported that Malta has suspended flights to and from the United Kingdom on the 22nd.