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Health Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne has revealed earlier today in an interview on TVAM that the UK COVID-19 variant is active in Malta. He added that 40% of new cases are due to this variant as it caused the virus to spread faster.
Fearne pointed out the importance of discipline and caution due to this variant being much faster at spreading. The effects of the new measures put in place should be seen in the coming days, claimed Fearne. He gave an average of 5 days to a week. Finally, Fearne pointed out that the number of doses of vaccine given will should reach 100,000. The total as of 8 March amounted to 97, 864.
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