BOV to temporarily limit branch services as of Tuesday

Bank of Valletta will be limiting its branch services from Tuesday (tomorrow), in the wake of tighter restrictions and a spike in COVID cases.

Prime Minister Robert Abela last week announced a raft of new restrictive measures in a bid to help curb the pandemic. All non-essential shops and services, as well as schools, have been ordered to close. The new measures also limit the size of groups gathering in public to four.

On Monday BOV said it will continue offering its services from 38 branches and agencies, limiting the range of services because of an increase in the number of quarantined staff, working parents who require to stay at home to take care of their young children and also the need to reduce non-essential contact.

The bank will continue to provide cash teller services through 32 of its branches between 9 am to 11 am.  Cash teller services will not be available at the Luqa, Marsaxlokk, Msida, Mqabba, Santa Venera and Sliema branches. The bank’s branches at St Julian's, Mellieħa and its Xewkija Agency in Gozo will be temporarily closed until further notice.  

One of Malta's youngest COVID-19 victims - 47-year-old Mary Sammut - worked at the bank. Sammut died last...