Six people died of COVID-19 on Wednesday, despite the steady drop in daily cases and hospital admissions, with January headed to become the worst months since the pandemic started.
Health authorities are confident that the delivery of the first batch of vaccines from Moderna, as well as the approval and anticipated arrival of doses from AstraZeneca, will speed up inoculations.
The national programme with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine already underway aims for frontline health workers, elderly over 80 years and vulnerable people to get the jab by...