The first shipping of Moderna vaccines is set to arrive in Malta on Sunday, as announced by Health Minister Chris Fearne at a political activity on Sunday morning.
Dr. Fearne announced that Malta will be the first European Union member country to receive the Moderna vaccines after its approval last week.
He went on to state that the government does not exclude further preventive measures if needed and that efforts are being made to speed up the timeline of vaccinations.
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Malta has registered 184 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 3,298 swab tests, while 82 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.
From yesterday’s cases; 49 cases were family members of previously known cases, 20 cases were contact of positive work colleagues, 18 cases were direct contacts with other positive cases and 15 cases were from social gatherings with other positive cases.
To date, Malta has registered 14,396 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 11,841 have recovered, 233 died and 2,322 are still active.
The Malta Police Force Drug Squad has arrested a 31-year-old man from Valletta in possession of cocaine and cannabis.
Following a tip-off to the police on Saturday, a search was conducted in a St. Julian’s hotel room which resulted in the discovery of packets of drugs suspected to be cocaine and cannabis along with a considerable amount of cash.
Other packets of cannabis and objects related to drug abuse were also found after a search of the man’s home in Valletta as the man remains arrested and to be taken to court on Sunday.
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As Malta continues to register record-high daily COVID-19 cases, Health Minister Chris Fearne has reported that seasonal festivities during the Christmas and New Year are the most likely cause behind the spike in cases.
While exercising caution in the interpretation of the results, Dr. Fearne points to the seasonal festivities as the prime suspect behind the surge in cases, with community spread of the UK variant not appearing to be widespread.
Fearne had previously reported that Malta will likely reach herd immunity by the end of the summer as 2021 carnival festivities and many of the sort have been cancelled.
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