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Miguela Xuereb
Malta registered 52 new cases overnight following 1,762 swab tests on Thursday, the health authorities announced.
The country also recorded two coronavirus-related deaths. The latest victims are 69-year-old man and 71-year-old man, both died at Mater Dei Hospital. The death toll now stands at 394.
146 patients have recovered, thus the number of active cases stood at 740.
Until Wednesday, the health authorities have administered 197,383 vaccine doses with 54,578 being the second dose.
Superintendent of Public Health Professor Charmaine Gauci is scheduled to deliver her weekly briefing at 12.30pm on Thursday.
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Miguela Xuereb
A year has passed since the first coronavirus case was recorded in Malta.
On this day last year, Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne and Superintendent of Public Health Professor Charmaine Gauci held a joint press conference and announced that an Italian national residing in Malta has tested positive for the virus upon her return to the country.
Minister Fearne took to Facebook publishing a video showing the health authorities’ work throughout the pandemic’s first year. The video shows the preparations ahead of the pandemic, the arrival of the first batches of the coronavirus vaccines as well the roll out of the mass vaccination programme which prioritized front liners and elderly citizens.
LA VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – Malta has registered a new record of COVID-19 cases. According to the local health authorities, 258 new cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours bringing the total of active cases to 2,582.
According to the latest update, two individuals – an 83-year-old woman and a 76-year-old man became the latest victims after they died of coronavirus at Mater Dei Hospital. To date, 313 individuals have died of the virus.
Until Thursday, 73,644 vaccine doses were administered and 23,395 individuals have so far received their second dose.
During the weekly press briefing, Superintendent of Public Health Professor Charmaine Gauci confirmed that there is local transmission of the UK coronavirus variant and so far 61 cases have been confirmed. Only one case of South African variant has been confirmed so far.
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DOI/Jeremy Wonnacott
Gozitan teachers and learning support educators working on the sister island are being asked to come to Malta to receive the vaccine against coronavirus.
Writing about this latest development were Opposition MPs Chris Said and Kevin Cutajar who have lambasted the decision to administer vaccines to Gozitans in Malta. The MPs reminded that vulnerable individuals residing on Gozo were asked to ignore their appointment in Malta, similarly, educators living and teaching in Gozo, should be given an appointment in Gozo.
Vulnerable individuals residing on Gozo will not be made to travel to Malta
On Friday, the Superintendent of Public Health Professor Charmaine Gauci asked vulnerable individuals residing in Gozo to ignore their appointment letters asking them to travel to Malta to receive their shots against coronavirus. During the same press briefing, Prof. Gauci said that those who had received their first dose in Malta will be receiving their second dose