“Let’s work on getting quarantine reduced where it’s due. Because the world can’t keep on functioning like this,” she said.

“People are losing work opportunities and precious time with family,” she emphasised, as a large portion of Maltese citizens face harsh quarantine rules.

“It’s about time that we revise these measures and see how it can be made more decent,” she said in Instagram stories uploaded alongside the status. 

With that being said, she still appealed for people to continue being careful and responsible when it comes to dealing with the virus.

“We still need to be extra vigilant and if one has symptoms it is important to stay inside and isolate,” she said.

“Dr Chris Fearne and Prof. Charmaine Gauci please act on this…” she appealed to Malta’s health authorities.

She concluded her status by urging people to receive their booster dose, highlighting its importance in the current situation.

“However, it is of the utmost importance that we all take the booster… the number of positive cases are rising however hospital admissions are less, showing us that the vaccine does work!” she said.

This comes after the news of South Africa taking steps towards ending the quarantine period and contact tracing, with many welcoming the new approach to the virus.

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