A number of people in isolation because of COVID-19 are yet to receive their quarantine letters despite testing positive for the virus or being in close contact with an infected patient several days before. Such letters are not only used to establish when a person may leave home but are also needed by employers when informing the health authorities of their employee’s status. But, over the past weeks, as the number of new infections surged to record highs, the process faced growing delays, with some patients receiving their letters after they completed their quarantine periods. Others, Times of Malta is told, never even received their letters. A COVID-19 patient whose quarantine period is set to come to an end tomorrow said that not only did she not get a quarantine letter but she has yet to be contacted by the authorities for both contact tracing and to check up on the state of her health. The patient, Sarah Mcgourty, said she tested positive for the virus after booking a test at a private clinic ahead of a trip back home to Ireland. Despite not having any symptoms, the test result came back positive. But while the result was communicated to her by the clinic within minutes,...
