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WEDNESDAY • 4 AUGUST 2021 • ISSUE 750 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
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COVID-19: Over 30% of 12 to
15-year-olds fully vaccinated
Assistant
Commissioner
Ian Abdilla
suspended
from police
force
Police official
who ignored 17
Black allegations,
suspended
LAURA CALLEJA
5,803 children between the ages
of 12 and 15 have been fully vac-
cinated, the health ministry told
MaltaToday.
The ministry said that 16,200
invitations had been sent out to
this cohort, with 10,892 having
had at least one dose of the vac-
cine.
At the end of June, under-15s
started receiving an invitation
to get vaccinated against COV-
ID-19.
That same month the EU's
drug watchdog approved the
Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus
jab for 12 to 15-year-olds, say-
ing the vaccine was "well-toler-
ated" in children and there were
no "major concerns" in terms of
side effects.
Last week, the ministry an-
nounced that under-15s would
be issued a COVID vaccine cer-
tificate through the use of a PIN
code. This PIN code, or health
token, can be used as an alterna-
tive to the ID document number
normally found on the back of
ID cards. Parents or guardians
of children between 12 and 15
years old will receive an SMS
with the relevant details.
Up until Tuesday, 762,832
COVID vaccine doses were ad-
ministered in Malta. The health
authorities reported that 400,760
have had at least the first dose,
and 385,049 people have been
fully vaccinated against the vi-
rus.
This translates that 84.8% of
the adult population is fully vac-
cinated.
Parents or guardians who have
not yet received an invitation
for their child are encouraged to
email kidscovid@gov.mt to ar-
range an appointment.
Mellieha wood-
land earmarked
for residential
development
'No urgency' for PN
no-confidence motion
on Zammit Lewis,
Speaker rules
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