(ANSA) - VALLETTA, APRIL 26 - Exactly 50 days after the discovery of the first case, Malta spent the first 24 hours without new coronavirus infections and with a further 19 recovered. The total of active cases is now reduced to 162. And while the Minister of Health and Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne, given the success, announced "a short" cautious and gradual easing of the lockdown, the new Prime Minister Robert Abela has confirmed that the openings will be managed "with the sling "and that" it will certainly not be allowed to party on the street for the end of the epidemic ".
The reopenings will be gradual and monitored "to avoid a second wave".
Coronavirus: Malta, no cases today
2020-04-26T16:59:23.159Z
Exactly 50 days after the discovery of the first case, Malta spent the first 24 hours without new coronavirus infections and with a further 19 recovered. Total active cases are now reduced to 162. (ANSA)