Computer services at some government institutions currently unavailable

Computer services at a number of government institutions are currently unavailable due to a technical fault. Sources at Mater Dei hospital told the Times of Malta the outage was preventing the processing of X-rays and blood tests, as well as the registration of patients in the Emergency department. In a statement, the government IT agency (MITA) said the problem was identified at 4.55pm. MITA technical personnel immediately triggered its established diagnosis procedures. A number of services are being gradually restored. From preliminary analysis, there are no indications that the incident is security related.MITA apologised for any inconvenience and said it would issue further communications in due course.