Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health Dr. Chris Fearne has announced that Malta will begin rolling out the COVID-19 vaccination from 27 December, in line with the rest of the European Union.
This follows the moving forward of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine approval date to 21 December by the European Medicines Agency.
First in line to receive the vaccine locally will be the elderly of 85 years and over, healthcare workers and workers in elderly home.
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The Planning Authority has green-lighted the building of a 19-storey hotel as part of the Mercury project in St. Julian’s.
The entire project was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and includes a 9-storey building consisting of residencies and commercial outlets called Mercury Suites.
The project will also include 300 parking spaces, underground vaults, dining establishments and more.
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An unconscious man was found at the Malta International Airport in Ħal Luqa earlier today.
The police were informed of the case at 6.20AM and a medical team was called on site to assist the man, only to find him dead on site.
The man’s identity and cause of death are currently unknown but it is suspected to be a natural death.
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Malta has registered 60 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,637 swab tests, while 154 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.
From yesterday’s cases; 26 cases were family members of previously known cases 18 cases were contact of positive work colleagues, 9 cases were direct contacts with other positive cases and 4 cases were from social gatherings with other positive cases.
To date, Malta has registered 11,475 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 9,670 have recovered, 182 died and 1,623 are still active.
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