The Nationalist Party has cancelled a planned exchange of Christmas greetings with party leader Bernard Grech and his wife due to the recent increase in Covid-19 cases.

The activity was set to take place on Thursday 23 December between 11am and 1pm at the PN’s Pieta headquarters.

Malta reported 386 cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday – the second highest single-day figure since the pandemic first arrived on the country’s shores.

The PN announced the cancellation of the event on the same day, saying that it wanted to be responsible given the significant increase in cases.

Health restrictions have not changed in recent weeks as the number of Covid-19 cases increase.

The government hosted a similar event at Castille with Prime Minister Robert Abela and his wife Lydia on Saturday.