The Ministry included the issue of AstraZeneca on the Inter-territorial Health Council meeting agenda, after the meeting of the European Ministers of Health analysed the conclusions of the European Medicines Agency regarding the vaccine.

The German doctor at the centre of the alleged negative PCR test scandal in Mallorca has been named as Dr R. and he reportedly works at a Medical Centre in Santanyi.

Covid-19 data in the Balearic Islands. Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera

The Wednesday report from the regional health ministry indicates 43 new positive cases of coronavirus, eight more than Tuesday. The test rate is up slightly to 1.44%, with 2,986 tests have been carried out – 415 more than in the Tuesday report.

The Balearic government has decided to allow large shopping centres to open this Saurday bringing forward their initial decision by a week. The move means that all the big out-of-town shopping centres and big department stores in central Plama will be able to open with reduced capacity.