Malta registers record number of vaccinations with 8,000 jabs in a single day

Health Minister Chris Fearne announces record 8,000 vaccine doses were administered on Wednesday

Malta registered a record number of vaccinations on Wednesday, Health Minister Chris Fearne announced on Twitter.

The deputy prime minister said more than 8,000 vaccine doses were administered on Wednesday.

437,654 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered until Tuesday. Of which, 152,581 people are fully vaccinated.

Malta opened vaccine registration for over-16s last Monday.

Three new cases of COVID-19 were registered on Wednesday, with 11 recoveries recorded.

No deaths were registered in the last 24-hours.

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