Post-Covid-19 situation in Malta

Hello everyone,

The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on the world, including on expats' lives. Travel restrictions, business closures, budget cuts, and health measures have created unprecedented challenges for those who have chosen to live in Malta.

Now that the pandemic is moderated, expats are adjusting to a new daily routine. So tell us, how is your expat life now:


Are there still any health measures in place in Malta? If so, what are they (wearing a mask, barrier measures, etc.)?

Have you noticed any changes in the population's habits or behavior after the pandemic?

What is your new work rhythm: do you still work remotely or are you spending more time in the office?

Have you changed your spending habits? If so, which ones?

Despite this pandemic and its consequences, how do you see your future in Malta?

Do you have any advice for other expats and future expats on this new daily life in Malta?

Thank you for your contribution.
Mickael
Expat.com team

-@Mickael

Absolutely nothing has changed for us, except that Covid has been used as an excuse to put up prices!

Hello everyone,

The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on the world, including on expats' lives. Travel restrictions, business closures, budget cuts, and health measures have created unprecedented challenges for those who have chosen to live in Malta.

Now that the pandemic is moderated, expats are adjusting to a new daily routine. So tell us, how is your expat life now:


Are there still any health measures in place in Malta? If so, what are they (wearing a mask, barrier measures, etc.)?

Have you noticed any changes in the population's habits or behavior after the pandemic?

What is your new work rhythm: do you still work remotely or are you spending more time in the office?

Have you changed your spending habits? If so, which ones?

Despite this pandemic and its consequences, how do you see your future in Malta?

Do you have any advice for other expats and future expats on this new daily life in Malta?

Thank you for your contribution.
Mickael
Expat.com team

-@Mickael
Absolutely nothing has changed for us, except that Covid has been used as an excuse to put up prices!
-@F0xgl0ve

The Russian / Ukraine war also had an impact on the increase in prices and that was for the whole of Europe.

What I find strange is that looking at the statistic from Our World in Data giving the deaths from Covid-19 per million and the excess annual deaths given by EuroMoMo it is clear that, like the Netherlands, most of the 831 deaths occurred after the vaccinations were introduced - in the Netherlands since like Mlta they vaccinated by age group these deaths can be linked to age. So most occurred in 20221 and 2022 increasing with the number of doses of vaccine which research has since shown impairs immunity and makes persons who have been vaccinated more susceptible to infection especially if they have a low T cell and Interferon 1 response due to age or genetics. But when we look at the excess death graphs in EuroMomoMo unlike countries with similar death rates per million we do not see the same spikes or even excess deaths above normal for the five years prior to 2020. Since there does not appear to be a statistics site available to the public in Malta like the UK Office of National Statistics it is not possible to examine this apparent conundrum in detail.

Having just commented on the Covid-19 data in a case of serendipity I came across this preprint showing that there was a direct correlation between excess mortality in 2022 and vaccination level in 2021. Malta had the second highest level of vaccination yet is not showing significant excess mortality. This study cover all EU and EAA countries plus the UK.

Is there a Link between the 2021 COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake

in Europe and 2022 Excess All-Cause Mortality?

Jarle Aarstad1,

* and Olav Andreas Kvitastein1

1 Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, PO Box 7030, NO-5020 Bergen, Norway

* Correspondence: jarle.aarstad@[link moderated]

Abstract: We primarily study a possible link between 2021 COVID-19 vaccination uptake in Europe

and monthly 2022 excess all-cause mortality, i.e., mortality higher than before the pandemic. Analyses of 31 countries weighted by population size show that all-cause mortality during the first nine

months of 2022 increased more the higher the 2021 vaccination uptake; a one percentage point increase in 2021 vaccination uptake was associated with a monthly mortality increase in 2022 by 0.105

percent (95% CI, 0.075-0.134). When controlling for alternative explanations, the association remained robust, and we discuss the result emphasizing causality as well as potential ecological fallacy. Also, the study shows that 2021 all-cause mortality was lower the higher the vaccination uptake, but this association became non-significant when controlling for alternative explanations.