Watch live: Charmaine Gauci holds COVID-19 briefing
Superintendent of Public Health Charmaine Gauci is giving a news briefing on the latest COVID-19 situation in Malta, days after the government announced its timeline on relaxing measures. The strategy focuses on education, as schools reopen from next week. But it has come under criticism over not announcing possible dates for when restaurants and travel to Gozo will be reopened or when organised sport will be allowed to return. On Friday health authorities confirmed a hiccup in its successful vaccine rollout, with a delay in supplies of pfizer putting back some appointments by days. So far 232,335 vaccines have been given out, including 65,205 second doses. Police are also investigating lockdown rulebreakers after dozens of young people defied guidelines with a birthday party on Wednesday Watch the briefing live below 119 reports of side effects Gauci began her briefing by reassuring the public about Malta's decision to continue with its rollout of AstraZeneca to all those under 70, after the European Medicines Authority found blood clots were a rare side effect of the vaccine. "We are being very rigorous when monitoring side effects," she said. Some 119 reports on vaccine...