Children won't need PCR tests to enter Malta from June 6
Children aged under 12 will, from June 6, no longer need a PCR test to come to Malta, Health Minister Chris Fearne announced on Tuesday.
He also announced that social distancing restrictions at childcare centers will also end on the same date.
Fearne made the announcements in parliament.
He said the COVID-19 situation had remained stable over recent weeks, even after the remaining major restrictions had been lifted. The number of infections was decreasing, and hospitalisation figures remain low.
To date, children aged under 12 needed to produce a negative PCR test before being allowed to enter Malta, since they would not have been vaccinated. That will no longer apply from June 6, the minister explained.
Furthermore, childcare centres will also return to operating according to their licence conditions.
An association representing childcare centres last week protested that the lifting of the social distancing requirements was overdue, considering that similar measures had been lifted for other sectors.
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