Malta has registered 182 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 3,945 swab tests, while 258 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.
As of Sunday 7th March 2021, 95,899 vaccine doses were administered of which 32,420 were 2nd doses.
To date, Malta has registered 24,398 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 20,742 have recovered, 334 died and 3,550 are still active.
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The first time since October 2017, Robert Abela’s trust rating has slid down to 39.8%, its lowest ever. Abela loses around two points since February’s survey, particularly during the surge of COVID-19 infections. MaltaToday survey shows that, in March, support for PL stands at 39.2% – its worst result since last general election.
Meanwhile, support for Nationalist Party stands at 32.6%, with a decrease of 0.4%. PL had surpassed the PN by 35, 280 votes in the last general election. With Abela’s rating seems to be sliding down, PN leader Bernard Grech’s seems to be stagnant with a marginal decrease. However, considering the actual performance of both parties during both last election and what seems to be the case now, PL are ahead with just under 23,000 votes.
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Persons up to age 70 will be able to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as of today, claimed Professor Charmaine Gauci. The news was given during a media conference as she updated the public on the COVID-19 situation in Malta.
Research and clinical trials carried out in several countries to test out AstraZeneca’s effectiveness and safety among the elderly indicated that it is ready to be administered to those up to 70 years of age. People over 60 will thus start receiving invitations to be vaccinated. Since the 60-year-old age group is quite a large one, invitations will be sent in batches. She also emphasised not phoning if letters are not received, assuring everyone they will eventually be contacted.
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