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Good afternoon.    Thank you for joining me this afternoon on this very sad occasion.   I want to start by expressing my heartfelt condolences to every person who has lost a loved one or a close friend to COVID-19. His Excellency the Governor, all my Cabinet colleagues, the Leader of…

The Government deeply regrets to confirm the deaths of 2 residents of Gibraltar from COVID-19. This brings the total number of deaths related to COVID-19 in Gibraltar to 45. The first was a resident of Elderly Residential Services, a woman aged 90-95 years old, who had underlying health conditions. She…

The COVID-19 pandemic is a worrying time. But the GHA is also aware that worldwide there are many patients that are coming to harm from delayed treatments for non-COVID related conditions. Cancer patients are just one example. Breast Cancer services are still functioning,  and are still seeing and treating patients….

The Government is devastated to have to confirm the loss of 9 members of our community to COVID-19. All will be recorded in today’s statistics as deaths from COVID-19. This brings the total number of deaths related to COVID-19 in Gibraltar to 43. The first was a resident of Elderly…

The Government is extremely saddened to confirm 4 further deaths from COVID-19. This brings the total number of deaths related to COVID-19 in Gibraltar to 34. The first was a woman, aged 85-90 years old, who was a resident of Elderly Residential Services and had underlying health conditions that made…

The GHA’s vaccination programme against COVID-19 is well underway with a clear strategy to vaccinate the most vulnerable first. This means those members of the public who has first been offered the vaccine are those who are 70 years of age or older, or those who are under the age…

Mr Speaker, I am happy to rise to record in the Parliament that, after many months of hard work, we have reached an in principle framework agreement with the United Kingdom and Spain for a potential treaty between the United Kingdom and the European Union to govern the future relationship…

The Cruise Liner “Seabourn Sojourn” is planning to carry out a technical call on Sunday 17th January 2021. It must be pointed out that this is not a cruise call, the vessel does not have any passengers on board, and it will be berthing exclusively to take on bunkers. All…

Mr Speaker,   This morning, I chaired a meeting of the COVID Platinum Command Group.   Together with His Excellency the Governor, the Deputy Chief Minister, the Minister for Civil Contingencies and the Minister for Public Health, and all other attendees, we considered how best to address the continued rise…

HM Government of Gibraltar deeply regrets to announce the loss of 5 more residents of Gibraltar related to COVID-19. This announcement brings the total number of deaths in Gibraltar related to COVID-19 to 30. The first was a woman, aged 85 – 90 years old, who was a resident of…

HM Government of Gibraltar is deeply saddened to confirm the loss of 2 residents of Gibraltar overnight related to COVID-19. The first was a woman, aged 90-95 years old, who was a resident of Elderly Residential services and had underlying health conditions that made her more vulnerable to the worst…

The Government would like to thank the Taxi Association for providing a free taxi service for all senior citizens attending the ICC to receive their Covid-19 vaccinations. This service involves taxi drivers picking up residents from their homes, taking them to their vaccine appointment at the ICC and waiting until…

The Cruise Liner “MSC SEAVIEW” is planning to carry out a technical call at Gibraltar today. It must be pointed out that this is not a cruise call, the vessel does not have any passengers on board, and it will be berthing exclusively to take on bunkers. All crew members…

In keeping with the statements contained in his New Year’s Message, the Chief Minister, the Hon Fabian Picardo QC MP, has advised His Excellency the Governor to add responsibility for financial stability to the Ministerial portfolio of the Hon Sir Joe Bossano MP KCMG. The Chief Minister said: ‘I stated…

The Government, with deep regret, has confirmed 3 further deaths in Elderly Residential Services today from COVID-19. This brings the total number of deaths in Gibraltar related to COVID-19 to 23. The first was a man, aged 85-90 years old, who died of COVID-19 pneumonia. He had some long-term underlying…

HMGoG is saddened to confirm two deaths in Gibraltar from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths in our community related to COVID-19 to 20. The first was a man, aged 70-75 years old, who had no underlying health conditions. He died last night of COVID-19 pneumonitis. This will be…

Further to the Chief Minister’s New Year’s message, the Ministry of Business, Tourism, Transport and The Port wishes to announce the reinstatement of the motorcycle bays on Line Wall Road which were previously removed as part of the pilot traffic project. The existing motorcycle parking stock in this area has…

HM Government of Gibraltar is pleased to announce that with the agreement and backing of the founding members of CELAC it is creating the Treaty Liaison & Advisory Group (TLAC) to support the work of Government in the negotiations on the proposed Treaty between the United Kingdom and the European…

Tuesday 12th January saw day three of the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Gibraltar. The GHA staff from the pharmacy department were, once again, on duty at 04:30 this morning to prepare the vaccine to leave under Royal Gibraltar Police escort to the several different vaccination sites. Today saw another 1056…

The Government regrets to confirm the death of a resident of Gibraltar from COVID-19. The total number of deaths in Gibraltar related to COVID-19 now stands at 18. The deceased was a woman aged 75-80 years old, who died this afternoon of COVID-19 pneumonitis. This will be recorded in tomorrow’s…

The Government is saddened to confirm the death of a resident of Elderly Residential Services related to COVID-19. The resident was a man aged 95 – 100 years old, who died last night of old age. The resident had tested positive for COVID-19 on 3rd January 2021, although COVID-19 was…

Parliament is scheduled to next meet on Friday 15th January 2021 at 3:00 pm. The Civil Contingencies Emergency (Coronavirus) (Health Protection Measures No.4) Regulations 2021 that were published on 2nd January 2021 state that a person, for the purposes of the protection of the health of oneself and others from…

Gibraltar Cultural Services in conjunction with the Gibraltar Chronicle and the Department of Education will hold a Short Story Competition as part of the Gibraltar Spring Festival 2021. The competition is open to Gibraltarians and residents of Gibraltar who may submit one piece of work, in any subject. There will…

Transmission of COVID-19 in the community remains uncontrolled, and the demand on St Bernard’s Hospital facilities is now at an unprecedented level. At a GHA Gold Command meeting yesterday, the decision was made to raise the GHA’s organisational posture level to ‘Black’, stopping all but critical cancer surgeries, and life…

Monday 11th January saw day two of the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Gibraltar. Today, in addition to the Elderly Residential Services staff and residents’ vaccination programme and the GHA and Care Agency staff programme, both of which started yesterday, the public vaccination centre in the old Primary Care Centre in…

Day one of Gibraltar’s COVID-19 vaccination programme is complete. The day started at 04:30am with today’s doses of the vaccine being removed from the ultra-cold storage freezers by GHA Pharmacists Shiraz Siblim and Melanie Gordon who, after undertaking all their necessary checks, delivered the correct number of vials to the…