01/04/2020 - 10:23
The GHA COVID-19 111 line has fast become an essential filter for protecting Gibraltar’s frontline healthcare services and staff. The sheer volume and nature of these calls has resulted in the need to upgrade the service being provided.
An official statement adds: Our telephone operators are using triage algorithms in order to provide standard advice and decision- making. Read more
01/04/2020 - 10:22
The residents of the pensioner block Sea Master Lodge have donated £2,000 to the GHA account for the fight against the novel Coronavirus, COVID-19.
Chairman Mr Jimmy Perez has confirmed to Minister Linares that the residents have personally contributed to show support to Gibraltar during this time of need. The Tenants Association also contributed money that they had previously collected from bingos and other activities held by them. Read more
01/04/2020 - 10:22
The Hindu Community of Gibraltar say they are proud to have donated £5,000.00 to the GHA COVID-19 Fund to assist in their efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic as a small token of thanks to the Government, GHA and all other front-line workers and volunteers. Read more
01/04/2020 - 10:21
Yesterday, in part one of this article ‘More Ways of Skinning the Coronavirus Cat’ I explained in detail there was no intention in the report of criticising the handling of the on-going health crises. I say again, efforts so far to protect and prepare Gibraltar, even for the worse, have been commendable. Read more
01/04/2020 - 10:17
The remaining guests at the hostel, only a handful and practically all of whom were young white Europeans, have their thoughts clouded with apprehension. None of them want to be deported, but their uncertainty, coupled with the minimal information divulged by the hostel workers, who haphazardly decided that hiding guests from the police at the bottom of the hill would ease their administrative burden, certainly escalated tensions. Read more
01/04/2020 - 10:13
The Cruise Liner “Viking Sea” is planning to carry out a technical call at Gibraltar on the 1 April 2020. Read more
01/04/2020 - 10:12
Lockdowns extended around the world as the global death toll soars past 38,000 and the number of confirmed infections surpasses 800,000 cases, with Europe and the US the worst hit. Here are the latest updates for March 31: Read more
01/04/2020 - 10:11
The UK's total coronavirus death toll is higher than previously announced, new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has shown this morning. Read more
01/04/2020 - 10:10
A doctor who gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a tour of Moscow's main coronavirus hospital last week has himself been diagnosed with the virus, the Rossiya 24 state TV channel reported on March 31. Read more
01/04/2020 - 10:10
South Africa is launching an aggressive coronavirus screening program as the total number of confirmed cases tops 1,000, the largest amount of any country on the continent. Read more
