A local charcoal artist who has had reportedly had two cornea transplants drew an incredible portrait of the Superintendent of Public Health, Prof. Charmaine Gauci to thank her for all the work she and her team are doing during this time.

 “Whenever I plan my next portrait, I usually tend to sway in line of what is happening at the moment- new film releases, celebrities in the news or just where my charcoals take me on the day,” Alan Azzopardi shares in a Facebook post, captioning a timelapse video of him drawing.

 “Like the rest of Malta, I have been following the daily 12.30pm COVID-19 updates ritually and always say to myself what an imperative role the Superintendent of Public Health Prof. Charmaine Gauci exhibited daily without fail, braving a smile behind noticeably tired eyes and stressful times.”

He dedicated the portrait he drew yesterday to her, after no new cases were reported and “Malta is said to be reaching a very sought after plateau in positive cases, and for the pristine job the people at the frontline continue to do to safeguard our nation.”

He asked locals to share the video “to show gratitude and solidarity to this remarkable woman whose immaculate work will be surely remembered by all indefinitely.”