Christmas cancelled in Gibraltar

[Amity Island]

Given the exponential rise in the number of cases (The Rock has administered at least 94,469 vaccine doses so far which is enough to have fully vaccinated 140.2% of the country’s population) the Government intends to cancel a number of its own functions including official Christmas parties, official receptions and similar gatherings,” its Government said in a statement.

Officials said they should “exercise their own judgement” on whether to hold Christmas events and it “strongly advises against” doing so in the next four weeks while the Covid booster scheme continues. “The public, at this stage, are ultimately called upon to exercise their own judgement in this respect bearing in mind the current advice given.”

Christmas cancelled in Gibraltar - ‘most vaccinated’ place in world

Gibraltar has cancelled official Christmas celebrations despite its high vaccination rate and relatively low number of infections.

www.standard.co.uk

 

[mikeyB]

I don’t want to sound pedantic, but Gibraltar isn’t a country. It’s a British Overseas Territory, the Head of State being the Queen.

I guess the excess vaccination covered the Spanish workers who cross into Gibraltar daily for work, easily enough to account for the excess 40.2%.

(Those comments I make are addressed to the article, which appears to be sneering at the silliness of the Gibraltar government).