Vaccinated visitors will be prioritised when meeting elderly in care homes

Vaccinated visitors will be given priority when elderly homes re-open properly in the coming months, the Elderly Minister revealed on Tuesday, emphasising the importance of getting inoculated against COVID-19.  “It is extremely important that those people who visit these elderly people are vaccinated. I am making an emphasis that one should get vaccinated as soon as possible, so when we open and go back to normality, these people who have been vaccinated and 15 days have passed since their second dose will have the possibility to go back to normality before those who have not been yet vaccinated,” Minister for Senior Citizens and Active Ageing Michael Farrugia said on Tuesday.  This is the first time the government has directly linked the easing of measures to vaccination against COVID-19. Although the government is set to issue a vaccination passport for travel abroad, passengers can still present negative test results in place of the passport.  Farrugia did not say whether negative tests results will be accepted in place of a vaccination certificate when visiting the elderly.  Farrugia was speaking during a press conference where he unveiled details about the third phase of...