Coronavirus spike hits festa celebrations

Hamrun band clubs, San Gaetano and St Joseph, have decided to call off next Sunday’s festa march in view of the sudden spike in the number of people tested positive for coronavirus.

Band clubs in other towns have followed suit with the King’s Own band club in Valletta announced it was cancelling this Saturday’s march for the feast of St Dominic.

Festa marches in Dingli, Lija and the St Gregory parish in Sliema have also been cancelled.