Chris Fearne said
:
“We are not only interested in the number of new cases, but also the number of people being admitted into hospital and the ITU,” 
MaltaToday Thursday, January 21, 2021 6:11:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“I can understand that there are stories but I can tell you these are the facts and I’m telling you the facts,”
MaltaToday Thursday, January 21, 2021 11:57:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“By the end of this month, 70% of healthcare workers will have been vaccinated and by mid-February, every healthcare worker will have received the vaccine,”
MaltaIndipendent Tuesday, January 19, 2021 6:13:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“13,275 COVID-19 jabs will be administered in Malta by Monday, the 18th of January”
gozonews Monday, January 18, 2021 3:08:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“Whereas other countries had vaccinated 1% of the population, Malta’s percentage stood at 2.7% and is one of the countries with the highest reach in Europe,”
MaltaToday Friday, January 15, 2021 12:23:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“By the end of this month, 70% of healthcare workers will have been vaccinated and by mid-February, every healthcare worker will have received the vaccine,”
MaltaToday Friday, January 15, 2021 12:23:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“We are one team. The Prime Minister and I are on the same page. We take decisions together”
timesofmalta Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:15:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“At the moment we are being cautious how to interpret results since the number of genome sequencing tests is small. But on present evidence, the Christmas and New Year effect seems to be significant. We are continuing to look for evidence of community spread of the UK variant, but at the moment this does not appear to be widespread. We need to keep vigilant and responsible since a rise in numbers now will translate in increased ITU occupancy in two weeks’ time”
timesofmalta Sunday, January 10, 2021 9:24:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
"If the main reason is linked to lack of discipline over the holidays we can expected the numbers to start dropping again after a fortnight, if the reason is seasonality or the new variant, we may have to take additional measures in the coming days to control the spread,"
MaltaToday Wednesday, January 6, 2021 4:14:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne noted
:
“so far we have been defending against the virus, but now we can start attacking”
MaltaIndipendent Wednesday, December 30, 2020 12:30:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“We have managed to increase a previous amount of 500,000 by 100,000,”
MaltaToday Saturday, December 26, 2020 1:58:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“If not, we will all suffer the consequences afterwards,”
MaltaIndipendent Tuesday, December 22, 2020 6:55:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“Although this period is usually a time to socialise and get together with family and friends, this year we all need to make a sacrifice in order to keep everyone safe and remain in good health,”
MaltaIndipendent Tuesday, December 22, 2020 6:55:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“While all indications point that it isn’t more virulent, we understand that it could be more contagious and is causing more new infections than seen previously,” “This is not the first time this particular strain has been observed. A variant of it also exists in South Africa, however for an assortment of reasons it hadn’t really affected us.This strain is more interesting as it seems to be transmitting faster than the norm”
timesofmalta Monday, December 21, 2020 9:40:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“While our biggest asset remains our people, we must also keep improving the tools we need to work with,”
timesofmalta Thursday, December 17, 2020 5:59:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“We’ve had a number of meetings, including this week, and it looks like things are moving in the right direction,” “The plan is to keep discussions going and we have another meeting scheduled right before Christmas”
timesofmalta Thursday, December 17, 2020 5:59:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“According to the information provided by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) there were 369 deaths related to obesity in 2019,”
timesofmalta Tuesday, December 1, 2020 7:09:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“At the beginning of this pandemic we were concerned that we would be left for last due to Malta’s small market size, and so I personally insisted in the council of ministers that the EU should buy the vaccine as a bloc, and then distribute it accordingly,”
MaltaToday Friday, November 27, 2020 12:43:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“In Malta the numbers are much lower than in other countries out of every 100 people, 96 are negative and only 4 are positive, which is among the lowest rates in Europe and which means that the measures we implemented are working well,”
MaltaToday Friday, November 27, 2020 12:43:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne explained
:
“LAMAs is a medicine, in the form of an inhaler which the individual can take at home in their own comfort with no need to go to hospital, which means that this benefits both the individual and the hospital itself as there will be less of a burden on hospital resources,”
MaltaIndipendent Sunday, November 22, 2020 2:10:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
"The plans for these companies are to finish the trials by end of December. If those trials go well, they will then begin manufacturing the vaccine. If there is a problem with the trials, the vaccines will be delayed,"
MaltaToday Wednesday, November 18, 2020 4:19:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
"There are still a few weeks to go, it's too early to say what will happen,"
MaltaToday Wednesday, November 18, 2020 4:19:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
"We hope we won't have to use them,"
timesofmalta Wednesday, November 18, 2020 1:56:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“There are other things apart from COVID, even medically,”
timesofmalta Sunday, November 8, 2020 2:27:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“We understand that globally the pandemic has grown and edging towards the winter months the situation has become more difficult as was anticipated,” “The government, more than suggests, has written into law what measures need to be followed in response. But this depends on all of us and in the coming weeks, especially in the lead up to Christmas. It’s excessively important that everyone is responsible and that the measures that the government has put into place are obeyed”
timesofmalta Wednesday, November 4, 2020 2:12:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“It’s not wise to have the entire population vaccinated in one go because of herd immunity,” “The vaccine has a time limit on how effective it remains which begins to wane over time, so it’s important to support herd immunity by vaccinating different groups of people at different times”
timesofmalta Wednesday, November 4, 2020 2:12:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
"The coming weeks, for all of Europe, and Malta is part of Europe, could be the toughest since the war. This is, therefore, the time to show solidarity, to forget partisan politics, and to work together for Malta to successfully emerge from this pandemic,"
timesofmalta Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:08:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“This will make it possible to do the thousand rapid tests a day without hindrance to the thousands of normal tests that are being done daily in the six existing hubs,”
gozonews Wednesday, October 28, 2020 9:56:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“From Friday, the staff at care homes will have access to rapid testing which can see results in 15 to 30 minutes. Staff at care homes test regularly. This will alleviate problems associated with staff having to miss shifts because they are awaiting test results,”
MaltaToday Wednesday, October 28, 2020 2:54:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
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about Commission
)
:
“Like we always do, we will be discussing with the European Commission. I am confident that we will reach an agreement with the Commission”
MaltaIndipendent Friday, October 23, 2020 12:18:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“Evidence shows that people under 50 are increasingly growing tired of the situation and reasoning that it was better if they contracted the infection to get it over and done with. But this is wrong because there is no guarantee the person will not contract the infection again and worse, it could also put vulnerable people at risk,”
MaltaToday Thursday, October 15, 2020 11:08:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“So far it did not result that we had a big amount of cases in the community because we opened schools,” “It is still early so we can’t reach conclusions one way or another; but in Malta nor in other countries with open schools has it resulted that there was an increase in cases”
MaltaIndipendent Thursday, October 15, 2020 8:52:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“These are €5 million which we are investing in our elderly. This means that every pensioner who has to take this medication will be saving around €400 every year,”
timesofmalta Wednesday, September 30, 2020 1:23:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“This means that COVID-19 Positive patients are detected early to decrease the chances of community transmission,”
bay Monday, September 28, 2020 6:44:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne wrote
(
about Adrian Delia
)
:
"I do not need the guidance of Delia on matters of national interest. Maltese politics deserves seriousness, not theatrics,"
MaltaToday Wednesday, September 23, 2020 6:28:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“The consequence of a whole generation of children missing a whole year of formal education is big. When one considers how short childhood is and how much one learns in just a year, as well as how that time never comes back, having a whole generation of children not attending school will have its consequences,”
MaltaToday Saturday, September 19, 2020 1:50:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“The consequence of a whole generation of children missing a whole year of formal education is big. When one considers how short childhood is and how much one learns in just a year, as well as how that time never comes back, having a whole generation of children not attending school will have its consequences,”
MaltaToday Saturday, September 19, 2020 11:29:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“We are doing our utmost to ensure that students are safe and that all the measures are in place at schools,”
timesofmalta Friday, September 18, 2020 12:25:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“On Keith Schembri, the PM had said that he had trust in him and he would decide on his fate. The PM had met ministers individually after Panamagate. The discussion was mostly on Konrad Mizzi. Keith Schembri was not up for discussion,”
MaltaToday Wednesday, September 16, 2020 1:24:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne says
:
“It was not a free vote,” “In the third case , we followed the direction of the party whip”
timesofmalta Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:12:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne
:
“The remit for investigations lies with the institutions responsible. My job was to ensure institutions did their job. It’s not for cabinet to investigate”
timesofmalta Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:12:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne
:
“And political responsibility was shouldered. Having a prime minister and minister resign is no joke”
timesofmalta Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:12:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne
:
“I could have quit, but I chose to work from the inside”
timesofmalta Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:12:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne
(
about Konrad Mizzi
)
:
“Yes, responsibility was assumed. Konrad Mizzi was removed from his ministry. And later reelected”
timesofmalta Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:12:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne
(
about Konrad Mizzi
)
:
“I’ll say it again. Konrad Mizzi was reelected on the first count”
timesofmalta Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:12:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne
(
about Konrad Mizzi
)
:
“At the time I saw no link between Mizzi’s Panama account and that deal. I’m not here to defend anyone”
timesofmalta Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:12:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne
:
“I will wait for this inquiry’s conclusions before I comment. There were often discussions with the prime minister or cabinet, but I was never told to do something by anyone”
timesofmalta Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:12:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne says
(
about Konrad Mizzi
)
:
“The remit was under Projects Malta and Konrad Mizzi,”
timesofmalta Wednesday, September 16, 2020 11:11:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“I don’t think the question is related to the COVID situation, and so I will leave it to other competent people to answer that question,”
MaltaToday Monday, August 17, 2020 2:47:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“If you keep asking the same questions, you will receive the same answers,”
MaltaToday Monday, August 17, 2020 2:47:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
"Social distancing is so essential that if it remains evident that there are significant breaches, we will need to legislate further to ensure it is observed"
timesofmalta Saturday, August 15, 2020 4:08:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
"key elements for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic successfully"
timesofmalta Saturday, August 15, 2020 4:08:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
"We need to be responsible, for the good of those most at risk”. Visits to residential homes for the elderly have been restricted to one member of the family and must be held behind perspex screens. Hospital visits will also be reduced to one hour a day and one visitor per patient. Fearne was speaking alongside Prime Minister Robert Abela, who has been heavily criticised for his decision to allow large-scale events to go ahead. "
timesofmalta Friday, August 7, 2020 2:38:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“We must continue to protect the most vulnerable in society,”
MaltaToday Friday, August 7, 2020 2:04:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
"We need to be responsible, for the good of those most at risk”. Visits to residential homes for the elderly have been restricted to one member of the family and must be held behind perspex screens. Hospital visits will also be reduced to one hour a day and one visitor per patient. He was speaking alongside Prime Minister Robert Abela, who has been heavily criticised for his decision to allow large-scale events to go ahead. Fearne and Abela are speaking after a meeting with social and economic stakeholders and medical unions on Thursday night where they discussed the worsening situation. Abela said that measures presented by Superintendent of Public Health had reached "
timesofmalta Friday, August 7, 2020 1:40:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“We are set on making sure that the agreement is of benefit to everyone in the country,”
MaltaToday Sunday, July 26, 2020 3:25:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“I did not even know about the existence of this memorandum of understanding,”
MaltaToday Tuesday, July 7, 2020 8:13:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
"until there is a vaccine the COVID-19 pandemic around the world will continue to exist"
MaltaIndipendent Thursday, July 2, 2020 2:55:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne admitted
(
about Chris Fearne
)
:
"there is competition with those in America for the vaccine, but Malta was instrumental in getting this process started, so when the vaccine is available our country will have access to this treatment and avoid the pandemic from starting again. He made reference to concerns made by many scientists and medics who have highlighted the fact that next winter, due to the increase in flu which comes every year, the country will experience a larger and worse wave, due to COVID-19. Fearne said "
MaltaIndipendent Thursday, July 2, 2020 2:55:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne states
:
“every facet of our daily life has a bearing on our mental well-being”
timesofmalta Sunday, June 28, 2020 8:21:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne added
:
“Observing two-metre social distancing will remain important even after lifting the ban on public gatherings exceeding 75 persons. Consequently, it will still be recommended to avoid huge crowds,”
timesofmalta Monday, June 15, 2020 3:38:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“We will be insisting that more people take the seasonal influenza vaccine come October,”
MaltaToday Tuesday, June 9, 2020 5:57:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“We have introduced measures to minimise risk that are also a burden for businesses but we are telling them that government is here to shoulder part of that burden through rental and electricity subsidies, and encouraging people to spend money,”
MaltaToday Tuesday, June 9, 2020 4:56:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“That is a very, very low rate,”
timesofmalta Tuesday, June 9, 2020 4:32:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“All the systems are in place in case we have a second wave of infections and we also have an early detection system. We can know what might happen ahead,”
timesofmalta Tuesday, June 9, 2020 4:32:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne confirms
:
“Mass gatherings are not allowed yet. For the moment I cannot predict what will be allowed in October. It all depends on the situation. We are taking it a day at a time. Thank you,”
bay Wednesday, June 3, 2020 3:49:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
(
about The Deputy
)
:
“We have won the COVID-19 war. We now how to win the peace. The fact that there still is the war in other countries, does not mean that we have to remain living with these measures in place,”
bay Tuesday, June 2, 2020 8:13:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne said
(
about Mater Dei
)
:
“By the end of this year Mater Dei Hospital will be one of the few centres in Europe that can receive these types of patients, offer the best quality service, without any danger to the medical staff,”
MaltaIndipendent Friday, May 29, 2020 2:28:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne explained
:
"On average, it takes 16 days, from the date a person tests positive until they recover,"
MaltaIndipendent Friday, May 29, 2020 2:28:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne said
(
about Mater Dei
)
:
"By the end of the year, Mater Dei will be one of the few centres in Europe which can deal with patients suffering from these types of diseases, while offering a service of the best quality and without being of any danger to medical staff,"
MaltaToday Thursday, May 28, 2020 9:11:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“because we have been on the right track from the beginning, the responsibility and sacrifices of many are bearing fruit”
gozonews Tuesday, May 26, 2020 2:10:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“because we have been on the right track from the beginning, the responsibility and sacrifices of many are bearing fruit”
gozonews Tuesday, May 26, 2020 12:03:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne replied
:
“the lifting of restrictions could lead to higher coronavirus numbers in the future”
MaltaToday Tuesday, May 26, 2020 11:09:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne replied
:
“While they are right, government must look to strike a balance between the nation’s physical health and the long-term effects of the economy”
MaltaToday Tuesday, May 26, 2020 11:09:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“First we controlled the wave which could have led to a tragedy, and which did lead to a tragedy in many other countries, and now we are looking to address things like social issues, and also look after the economy, so that we don’t come to a situation where the economy is so bad that we cannot provide health services,”
MaltaToday Thursday, May 21, 2020 11:51:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“It is true that we are relaxing some measures, but we cannot relax our attitude, we cannot relax our responsibilities, and we cannot relax the discipline we had as a country,”
MaltaToday Thursday, May 21, 2020 11:51:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“As regards sport, we understand the importance of training and exercise but we are now referring towards individual sport that has no contact which will return as from next Friday,” “There are a number of sports such as tennis and diving among others which can now be held. As regards, training it’s important that one honours the new social distance rules of having a group of six which can be formed by either five athletes and one coach or six athletes”
timesofmalta Monday, May 18, 2020 10:10:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“After listening to the concerns raised over the past weeks, we decided to drop the big brother approach and allow elderly people to be responsible for their own behaviour,”
MaltaToday Monday, May 18, 2020 9:41:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“We are making our position known as we do not want some country to issue a ban on medicine to other countries,”
timesofmalta Tuesday, May 12, 2020 5:39:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“In the coming weeks, we will have some 200 new nurses. This is important because if the pandemic taught us anything, it was that those countries who did best were those who had the strongest and most prepared healthcare systems,”
timesofmalta Tuesday, May 12, 2020 5:39:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
"Once we ensure that we do not have an increase in Coronavirus cases due to the relaxing of measures, we can start to ease other restrictive measures,"
MaltaIndipendent Saturday, May 9, 2020 11:43:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“Learning to live with the virus does not mean we have to keep living like we did in the last two months, but we need to adapt,”
timesofmalta Wednesday, May 6, 2020 10:44:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“I am very proud that our health system, over the years, has become so robust that it did not just respond to [the coronavirus pandemic], not only recover from it, but also add new services such as these,”
MaltaToday Saturday, May 2, 2020 1:00:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“The virus is still with us,”
MaltaToday Saturday, May 2, 2020 1:00:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne warned
:
“If the R factor rises above 1 and remains there, we may have to go back,”
timesofmalta Friday, May 1, 2020 12:45:00 PM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“From the very beginning, we started identifying every positive case by carrying out many tests, which we are still doing, isolating them, and keeping the people around them in quarantine. This kept the number of new positive cases to a minimum,”
MaltaToday Friday, May 1, 2020 12:13:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“At first, so as to devote all our resources to the coronavirus, we reduced some health services and now we need to start increasing these services once more carrying out ultrasounds, MRIs, CT scans, endoscopies, screening, echos all these must start to be increased again,”
MaltaToday Friday, May 1, 2020 12:13:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne said
:
“The most important thing is solidarity towards each other It is important that we make contact with people who are at home and are alone, because knowing that there is someone who is thinking about you is of great help,”
MaltaToday Friday, May 1, 2020 12:13:00 AM EAT
Chris Fearne explicou
:
"Seus contatos com outras pessoas têm sido mínimos. A menina não foi à escola e seus pais não foram trabalhar, além de não terem deixado sua casa"
noticias-terra-br Saturday, March 7, 2020 5:25:00 PM EAT
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