COVID-19 death brings numbers to 79 as Gibraltar cases fall again
University students could get the jab before they head off back to the UK
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COVID-19 claimed another life yesterday as the number of cases continued to fall in Gibraltar.
The latest pandemic victim was a 70 to 75-year-old man who died of multi-organ failure and COVID-19 pneumonia.
The latest casualty brings the quantity of deaths to 79, an unprecedented amount in December when the first death was recorded.
“I am very saddened by this news,” said Chief Minister Fabian Picardo.
“The deceased was well-known and dedicated many years of public service to our community.”
GHA grapples with ‘unprecedented demand’ as Covid hospitalisations continue to rise
Pic: Johnny Bugeja 12th January 2021
The Gibraltar Health Authority is prepping a ‘mini-Nightingale’ ward and has stopped all but critical surgeries as it grapples with an influx of Covid cases needing care.
Across Elderly Residential Services there are 114 positive cases, with a further 31 cases in the Covid-19 Ward and 13 patients in the Critical Care Unit at St Bernard’s Hospital.
The weight of 158 cases needing care has strained the health service, which on Tuesday declared demand was now at an “unprecedented level”.
On Monday the GHA Gold Command meeting decided to raise its organisational posture level to ‘Black’, stopping all but critical cancer surgeries, and life and limb saving surgeries and procedures.
Full article Fabian Picardo QC MP said: The arrival of this vaccine is a demonstration of our work with the FCDO and MoD as part of the British family of nations. RoyalAirForce delivered nearly 6,000 life-saving Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to @RAF Gib on behalf of @FCDOGovUK
British Overseas Territory Gibraltar received on Saturday the first consignment of the COVID-19 vaccine supplied by the UK. The vaccine supplied is the Pfizer BioNTech, which has been given to the vast majority of people that have received a COVID-19 vaccination in the U.K.
Studies show that up to 95% of people who are fully vaccinated with the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine develop an immune response.