Minister Fearne underlines the importance of adhering to the mass vaccination programme timeline

47-year-old Ivan Barbara who died of coronavirus in India, wanted to get the jab ahead of leaving the island with his wife to adopt their daughter, Newsbook.com.mt has learnt.

Sources have told this newsroom that Barbara told them that he had begged the authorities to get vaccinated ahead of the trip.

When Barbara had asked to be given the vaccine, he was informed that he could not have it because the age group he belonged to would only receive the jab later.

During a special edition of Newsbook Q&A Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne said that unfortunately such situations cannot be allowed and the authorities had their plan and timeline for the mass vaccination programme which need to be followed.

The Maltese health authorities have confirmed that the Maltese national that contracted coronavirus while in India with his partner in the process to adopt a child passed away. Earlier today Prof. Charmaine Gauci refrained from speaking about the man’s condition during the coronavirus weekly brief.

He was expected to return back to Malta today.

Earlier this week

Maltese COVID-19 patient awaits medical experts’ go-ahead to leave India – High Commissioner

Malta High Commissioner for India earlier this week had confirmed with Newsbook.com.mt that the man was awaiting a go-ahead by medical experts. The plan was for the 47-year-old Ivan Barbara, to travel to Malta today.

Since she was adopted at the age of five, Ae Jin Huys (44) had lost any connection with Korea. Until she came into contact with a Korean family and thus rediscovered Korean cuisine. "The power of flavors catapulted me to a distant past that was once 'home'."

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Parliament has approved a contentious bill that will see adoption considered for children in state care who can't be reunited with their parents, despite concerns raised by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island services.

Key points:

The bill passed Parliament on Tuesday despite several concerns raised

Protection groups fear it will lead to forced adoption of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Minister for Children Leanne Linard said "long term stable care" would be considered "only if there is no better available option"

With the adoption assistance law , new regulations for adoption mediation come into force on April 1st. The law, which is based on findings from adoption research, largely implements the demands of the federal states and adoption placement practice. Many of the improvements that promote openness in particular during adoptions and strengthen the position of parents of origin also correspond to the recommendations of the 9th Family Report .

Federal Minister for Family Affairs Franziska Giffey:

"The new adoption assistance law takes a closer look at the needs of families and modernizes the adoption system: All adoptive families, the families of origin and above all the children can finally get the help and support they need more easily. The innovations improve advice and education of the child and the structures of placement. And there are now more binding guidelines for adoptions abroad in order to protect children from human trafficking. Many families and specialists in adoption placement have been waiting for all of this for a long time. As Federal Family Minister, it is particularly important to me: The new adoption assistance -The law ensures that adopted children grow up well, can go their own way and get to know their roots. "

The four building blocks of the Adoption Assistance Act

The Adoption Assistance Act consists of four components :

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Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani took to Twitter to flag adoption requests as illegal and urged people to prevent trafficking in the garb of adoption and report all such cases to 1098 or police or a Child Welfare Committee.

In Odisha’s Ganjam district, a 45-day-old girl was found next to her mother’s body, when neighbours broke open the door of their house in Golapalli village. Suspecting it to be a case of death due to COVID-19, the local police sent the corpse for post-mortem and contacted the centre in-charge for Childline 1098, the national helpline for children, to arrange help for the toddler.

In Delhi, a mother left two daughters, a 15-year-old and a seven-year-old, with her neighbours before getting admitted in a hospital and losing her battle against the pandemic.

In Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, COVID-19 dealt a cruel blow and claimed the lives of four members of a family over 12 days, leaving behind two daughters aged six and 10.

“I will not send the girls to any institution, I will raise them,” said Anil Kumar (name changed), their paternal uncle. “It is what their father wished. Just two days before his death, he kept asking us to look after them if something happened to him. Earlier, too, on several occasions he had raised this issue,” Mr. Kumar adds.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development issued a notice on Monday urging the general public to “refrain’’ from circulating messages on social media for the adoption of children who have been orphaned due to Covid-19.

Raising concerns that such unregulated “adoptions” could even lead to child trafficking, the ministry had earlier written to states asking them to monitor such activity and also ensure that such orphaned children be produced before District Child Welfare Committees. The Ministry has since issued such alerts regarding the matter on several instances.

In the public notice issued today, the ministry had said, “…If any child is found to have lost parents to Covid, with no one to look after them, the child ought to be produced before the District Child Welfare Committee within 24 hours.” The notice also said that information regarding such children could be shared on the child helpline – 1098.

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Every international adoption in British Columbia is provided through an adoption agency — the external review will probe how adoption agencies are licensed and monitored, as well as how international adoptions are carried out.

The B.C. government is calling for an external review to assess how inter-country adoptions are carried out.

With every international adoption in British Columbia provided through an adoption agency, the external review will also be tasked with probing how adoption agencies are licensed and monitored.

“Over the past decade, international adoptions have decreased, as more countries are choosing to keep their children within their own borders and closer to their home culture,” said a spokesperson for the Ministry of Children and Family Development.

At the moment, adoption agencies manage their own funding, metrics for success and operating decisions. When it comes to licensing, the provincial director of adoptions runs them through a three-year process consulting on complex cases, reviewing closed files and investigating complaints.

Colombia has opened its doors to adoption by Maltese same-sex couples, giving them a second option to adopt internationally.

The civil unions law gives local same-sex couples the same rights as in marriage, including the right to adopt, with the first such adoption taking place in 2016.

Until now, same-sex couples could only adopt children from Portugal.

Meanwhile, Ghana has joined the list of countries open to Malta for adoptions by newly-weds, since it will not require prospective parents to be married for any length of time before adopting.

Prior to the addition of these two countries to the list, the Maltese were able to adopt from six countries: Portugal, Slovakia, Bulgaria, India, Vietnam and the Philippines.