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Mary Pizzuto, the first elderly person in Malta to be vaccinated against COVID-19, has received the second dose of the jab. The 94-year-old lives at St Vincent de Paul, and all residents of the Luqa facility who had accepted to be vaccinated - some 878 people - have been administered the first dose of the vaccine. They will now start being vaccinated with the second dose, an exercise that should be completed by mid-February. Staff at the facility are also being vaccinated against the virus. All elderly people at residential homes should receive the second dose of the jab by the end of February, the government said in a statement on Friday. ....
Some 4,400 people who live in 37 homes for the elderly, and frontliners at these residences, have started being vaccinated against COVID-19. The government said in a statement on Friday that the first residents to be inoculated against the virus are those aged over 85. Eventually, apart from the residents, some 2,000 staff members at homes run by the government, Church and private entities, will also be vaccinated. The vaccination programme, which started being rolled out at the Mellieħa home for the elderly on Friday, should ensure that all residents at homes for the elderly across Malta receive the first dose by the end of March. ....
21 things to look out for in 2021 Kurt Sansone’s list is the only one you may want to refer back to at the end of the year 7 January 2021, 7:58am by Kurt Sansone 1. A general election If Robert Abela’s wish to see the country return to business as usual by May does materialise and the poll numbers remain in his favour, the Prime Minister may just be tempted to call an election for June. It will be a short and intense election campaign – Abela’s first as Labour leader. Prime Minister Robert Abela 2. Bernard Grech This will be Bernard Grech’s year of formation. The PN leader will want to consolidate his grip on the party, strengthen his public persona and reach out to voters who have abandoned the PN. But he could be rudely interrupted by a general election. This means Grech will have to act fast, diligently and efficiently in the first three months - a massive undertaking given his relative newness to party politics. ....
94-year-old woman is first care home resident to receive COVID-19 vaccine COVID-19 vaccination programme starts in homes for the elderly as first 40 residents and 15 staff members at St Vincent de Paul get inoculated on New Year’s Day 1 January 2021, 10:55pm by Kurt Sansone Mary Pizzuto, 94, was the first resident at St Vincent de Paul to receive the COVID-19 vaccine A 94-year-old woman at St Vincent de Paul home for the elderly became the first resident to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Mary Pizzuto was inoculated witht he Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on New Year’s Day at the St John Paul II ward at the facility. ....