The worst is yet to come, doctors warn about coronavirus

The doctors’ union has warned that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is yet to come as mass gatherings continue to go unchecked.

In a statement on Monday, the Medical Association of Malta called for an end to “cynical gambles with the health of the vulnerable and the elderly”.

The worst is still to come as uncontrolled mass gatherings continue unchecked. COVID numbers are rising at an alarming rate to unprecedented levels as parties and mass events continue to be held, indicating that the worst is still to come.

Data from March to June can mathematically predict about one death every 75 cases within 4-6 weeks,” the MAM said in its statement.

Malta currently has a record 396 active cases after 54 new cases reported on Sunday. - a record daily tally for new cases within the community.  

The doctors’ union said that the many cases of COVID-19 that spread during a confirmation party shows how even normal social activities and family gatherings risk spreading the virus. 

They said very little law enforcement officers were seen in a photograph of people clubbing at Paceville with no masks or social distancing, taken by an Italian journalist, or at parties of hundreds of people held...