A fourth dose of vaccine against Covid-19 may be needed later on in the pandemic to protect the general public from the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, microbiology professor and member of the Greek Health Ministry’s committee of experts on the pandemic, Athanasios Tsakris said on Thursday. Tsakris said …
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Greece green-lights 4th vaccine dose for over 60, vulnerable children
Greece’s National Vaccination Committee gave the green light for the 4th dose of vaccination against Covid-19 for citizens over 60 years old as well as for vulnerable groups including children. “Those who got sick with Covid after the third dose (booster shot) will not need the fourth dose,” Committee’s president …
Read More »“Repeated vaccinations are not a viable strategy, reservations on 4th dose,” says Greece’s Vaccination Committee
“Repeated vaccinations are not a viable strategy against Covid-19 and the booster shot does not build a wall of immunity,” the president of Greece’s National Vaccination Committee, Professor Maria Theodoridou, said on Tuesday evening. During the Live Briefing, Theodoridou expressed also reservations about the fourth dose of vaccination. Speaking about …
Read More »Greece prepares for 4th vaccine dose even a month after the booster shot
Greece’s National Vaccination Committee rushes to decide on a fourth dose of vaccine against Covid-19 for a special category of people. The 4th dose could be administered even one month after the booster shot, the 3rd dose, media report on Thursday afternoon. Greece reaction comes less than 12 hours after …
Read More »Pfizer CEO Bourla: 4th dose of vaccine might be needed due to Omicron variant
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Wednesday that a 4th Covid vaccine dose may be needed sooner than expected due to the Omicron variant. Speaking to US network CNBC Bourla said that he originally expected a fourth dose 12 months after the third, but he told CNBC it might be …
Read More »Covid-vaccinations with booster shots are lagging (POLL)
Just two out of 10 people aged 60 years and older have had their second booster dose of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in Greece, according to Health Ministry data. The slow pace has been attributed to the prevalence of a general sense of relaxation regarding Covid-19, despite clarifications by health experts …
Read More »Updated Covid-vaccines in 2 phases; no new restrictive measures
The supply of the new, updated vaccines against Covid-19 will take place in two phases until the end of the year, Greece’s health minister Thanos Plevris said on Thursday. Initially, the updated vaccines for the Omicron mutation are expected, followed by the even more updated ones for sub-variants 4 and …
Read More »Coronavirus cases, deaths, intubations in Greece on downward trend
“Ιn a year we would be able to know if we are at the coronavirus endemic stage,” assistant professor of Epidemiology and member of the epidemiologists’ committee of the Health Ministry Ghikas Magiorkinis said on Sunday. He determined the year after April 2022, that is April 2023, saying “I believe …
Read More »4 in 10 intubated Covid-patients are vaccinated: What health experts say
Four in ten Covid-patients intubated in Intensive Care Units of Greece’s hospitals are vaccinated and their number has significantly increased since last autumn. Health experts in the country estimate that this does not have to do only with the declining course of the population’s immunity. It is characteristic that 41% …
Read More »Health experts warn of new mutations, up to 30K daily infections; updated COVID-MAP
While the debate on relaxation of protection measures has started, some epidemiologists in Greece do not seem to be particularly optimistic about the course of the pandemic for the next couple of weeks. Experts fear new mutations of the Covid-19 virus. At the same time, some warn of even 30,000 …
Read More »Booster shot in 4 months: Greece’s health experts approve PM’s recommendation
Greece’s National Vaccination Committee apparently adopted and approved the recommendation of the Prime Minister, a politician, that citizens can be administered the booster shot of vaccines against Covid-19 in 4 months and not in 6 as widely recommenced globally. Secretary general for Primary Health Care, Marios Themistokelous, told Skai TV …
Read More »Greek Health Expert: Two reasons for the increase of coronavirus infections
Member of Greece’ Epidemiologists’ Committee, Professor Gikas Majorkinis explained in a post the reasons for the increase in the number of coronavirus cases. According to Majiorkinis, thwere are two main reasons for the increase: the relaxation of protection measures and the prevalence of the Omicron 2 mutation. According to the …
Read More »Radiation leak risk after power cut at occupied Chernobyl plant, Ukraine warns
Radioactive substances could be released from Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant because it cannot cool spent nuclear fuel after its power connection was severed, Ukraine’s state-run nuclear company Energoatom said on Wednesday. It said fighting made it impossible to immediately repair the high-voltage power line to the plant, which was …
Read More »PM Mitsotakis to address the nation on pandemic, measures to curb the 4th wave
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will address the nation on the course of the pandemic and ahead of the holiday season. The televised message is scheduled on Thursday, Novembe 18, 2021. Citing sources, media report that the Prime Minister will stress the importance of curbing the virus’ spread ahead of …
Read More »Greece: 3,273 coronavirus cases, 20 deaths, 286 intubations; distribution
Greece’s health authorities announced on Thursday 3,273 coronavirus cases and 20 Covid-related deaths in the last 24hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals Intensive Care Units increased further to 286. Live Briefing At the weekly live briefing on coronavirus developments on Thursday, professor of Pathology of the Medical School …
Read More »“‘If rate of vaccinated population reaches 80%, pandemic will be over,” says “health expert” aka DevMin
“If vaccinated citizens reach 80 percent of the population, the pandemic will be over,” heralded one of Greece’s “health experts”, the Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis. The minister, a graduate from Philosophy Department of the Athens universe and former telemarketer, has probably never heard of Covid-19 variants nor read …
Read More »Greece: 2692 new coronavirus cases, 63 deaths in 24 hours
Greece’s health authorities announced on Friday evening, Thursday evening, 2,692 new coronavirus cases and the death of 63 more patients who died of complications of Covid-19. The number of intubated patients has decreased further to 749. Live Briefing Αt the Live Briefing on Friday, health authorities said that “we haven’t …
Read More »TV-host arrested for faking armed attack at his house
A TV host and publisher has been been initially detained by police and later arrested and is accused for faking an armed attack at his own house after police withdrew protection he received as a private citizen. There have been also allegations of having taken out a contract on the …
Read More »Greece: 1269 new coronavirus cases, 36 more deaths, intubations rise to 391
The end of February finds Greece in the fourth month of nationwide lockdown with increasing number of infections, death toll to have surpassed 6,500 and hospitals in Athens and Attica reaching 90% of their capacity. On Sunday, health authorities announced 1269 new coronavirus cases by much fewer tests due to …
Read More »Greece: 1195 new coronavirus, 23 more mutations, another 19 deaths
For fourth consecutive day, new coronavirus cases in Greece remain at four-digit level . Authorities announced on Friday, 1,195 new cases in the last 24 hours and another 19 deaths. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country stands at 246, three more than a day earlier. …
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