FILE PHOTO: A man walks near a mural by street artist James Micallef Grimaud, better known as Twitch, about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, after authorities reimposed curbs following a surge in the number of infections, in Tal-Qroqq, Malta August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta is making the wearing of face masks mandatory in public and ordering clubs, bars and places of entertainment to close at 11 p.m. to reduce the spread of COVID-19, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Friday.
"Health was and will remain a priority, but life has to go on," Abela told a press conference on the day the Mediterranean island recorded a daily record 122 new cases among its population of 500,000.
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