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Johnson & Johnson vaccine 66% effective in global trials, company says

Jan 29 2021 Share

Johnson and Johnson have reportedly developed a single-shot COVID-19 vaccine which the company has reported to be 66% against moderate and severe illness in the third phase of their global trials.

They went on to report that the vaccine is 85% effective against the most serious symptoms, with many countries around the world in desperate need for more vaccines.

As stated by Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine branch, Janssen, the vaccine’s 85% efficacy prevents severe diseases, that is, ones that “make you feel particularly sick at home, or may go to the hospital, or worse..”

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High-intensity activities are leading to more COVID-19 clusters

Jan 29 2021 Share

During a live conference today, Prof Charmaine Gauci noted that more clusters are being found when activities of high-intensity training take place.

Prof Gauci said that this might be happening because a person would take much more breaths and that this might lead to an infected person spreading more of the virus onto other people.

Prof Gauci urged for regulations to be followed during such activities and that social distance is of utmost importance.

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185 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 174 recoveries

Jan 29 2021 Share

Malta has registered 185 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 3,280 swab tests, while 174 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Thursday 28th January 2021, 24,680 vaccine doses were administered.

To date, Malta has registered 17,585 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 14,626 have recovered, 264 died and 2,695 are still active.

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Care homes begin vaccinating elderly with second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

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Elderly residents in care homes and frontlines in residential homes have begun receiving the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Vaccinations began around 3 weeks ago for around 4,400 people who live or work in 37 elderly homes. People aged over 85 were given first priority.

Two residents at a Mellieħa home were among the first to receive the COVID-19 second dose.

Michael Farrugia, Minister for the Elderly, was also given the first does while he was present for the occasion.

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