Iceland and Malta are definitely not the most populous countries in the world. However, it is still interesting to see how they are performing during the Coronavirus pandemic.

On the 24th of April, Iceland reported no new infections before later recording 1 infection on the 25th and 2 the 26th, hinting to the fact that the outbreak is mostly under control in there.

Malta getting better and restrictions will start being lifted

Similarly to Iceland, Malta detected 0 infections in the last 24 hours. Malta has a population of roughly half a million people. However, this doesn’t mean that having no infections recorded is not a significant achievement.

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne commented:

“Many more patients are recovering from the virus than are being newly infected. The measures will be relaxed in a controlled and gradual fashion, and in a way which won’t affect all sectors at once. Some measures, if removed, would lead to a higher risk than others.

Those measures which will remain in place must be observed rigorously.”

Measured will be lifted after a 15-day period of low numbers of registered cases. Fearne added: “We will not announce any new measures today. We’re not yet in the 15-day period. I’m not in a position to confirm which measures will be relaxed.”

To date, Malta recorded only 4 deaths linked to the Coronavirus and the number of active cases is dropping dramatically.

Courtesy of worldometers.info