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.
[WATCH] COVID-19 briefing: One death and 12 new cases
COVID-19 update for 7 May | 12 new cases • 19 recoveries • 252 active cases • 1,956 Swab tests past 24 hours • Vaccine doses administered until Thursday 365,902
7 May 2021, 12:40pm
by Laura Calleja
12 new cases of COVID-19 were registered on Friday, the health ministry has said.
365,902 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered until Thursday. Of which, 115,333 are people who are fully vaccinated.
Total recoveries stand at 29,763, while total cases registered stand at 30,432.
There are 252 active COVID-19 cases.
One death was registered in the last 24 hours a 95-year-old woman at Mater Dei Hospital.
The total number of deaths is 417.
1,956 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of swabs to 879,997.
[WATCH] COVID-19 briefing: 16 cases and 55 recoveries
COVID-19 update for 30 April | 16 new cases • 55 recoveries • 331 active cases • 1,761 Swab tests past 24 hours • Vaccine doses administered until Thursday 331,438
30 April 2021, 12:31pm
by Laura Calleja
16 new cases of COVID-19 were registered on Friday, the health ministry has said.
331,438 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered until Thursday. Of which, 105,628 were second doses.
Total recoveries stand at 29,548, while total cases registered stand at 30,292.
There are 331 active COVID-19 cases.
For the fifth consecutive day, no deaths were registered.
The total number of deaths is 413.
1,761 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of swabs to 867,282.
Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci is giving her weekly update.
A 93-year-old woman died overnight at Mater Dei Hospital, bringing the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 412.
Gauci said that Malta s 7-day moving average of new cases stood at 38 per day and only eight people were currently receiving treatment at hospital s intensive care unit.
Vaccination coverage rates | 85+ category 93%; 80-84 category 89%; 70+ category 90%; 60+ category 85%; 50-59 category 58%
She said 67% of positive cases were from the UK variant. The health authorities also traced four cases of the South African variant and three cases of the Brazilian variant.
The average age of those who tested positive this week was 42. Gauci said the number of deaths had dropped, thanks to the vaccination coverage among the elderly.