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Malta quarantines migrant camp
Some 1,000 migrants have been placed under quarantine after an outbreak of Covid-19 at a camp at Hal Far in the south of Malta. The camp has been was surrounded by police and army trucks.
Health minister Chris Fearne said eight cases had been confirmed in two days and a risk assessment showed that the disease had likely spread since people in the camp are in close proximity.
He said the eight confirmed cases had been placed in isolation. All other migrants in the camp will have to observe quarantine for 14 days.
This follows outbreaks in Greece’s migrant camps in Ritsona and Malakasa.
Malta has reported 227 cases but no deaths.