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COVID-19 vaccination to be open for public in coming weeks
By end of month, all over-16s will be able to register for the vaccine
10 May 2021, 7:07pm
by Nicole Meilak
Malta s COVID-19 vaccination drive will be open for all over-16s in the coming weeks, the Health Minister confirmed on Monday.
During his parliamentary speech, Health Minister Chris Fearne said the all those aged 16 and over will soon be able to register their interest to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
He specified that this will take place at some point in May.
Fearne added that herd immunity will also be reached in the coming weeks, but did not specify a month or date. He explained that Malta will be calculating herd immunity as the date by which 70% of the population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
[WATCH] Vaccine naysayers say they are too young for the jab
Public Health Superintendent says risk-benefit analysis has shown contracting COVID-19 still poses greater risk than vaccine side-effects
8 May 2021, 9:36am
by Karl Azzopardi
Vaccine naysayers say they are too young for the jab
The majority of people refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine are doing so because they feel they have a lower chance of developing complications, Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci has said.
“A lot of people refusing to get take the jab are telling us they are doing so because they are young and so are not at risk of developing any serious symptoms,” Prof. Gauci said on Reno Bugeja Jistaqsi.