Doctors oppose the government plan to allow vaccination against COVID-19 to be administered at the pharmacies across Greece. They primarily cite safety reasons but also economically as the pharmacies will charge the citizens with 5 euros, while vaccination is free at the public health facilities. In a letter to health …
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Tsiodras: 39,000 deaths avoided through vaccination; new dangerous mutation possible
“At least 39,000 deaths were avoided through the vaccination.” Greece’s top epidemiologist Sotiris Tsiodras said on Thursday and did not rule out a “possible new dangerous mutation” of Covid-19. At the same time, another professor warned of multiple-drugs resistant germs in the Intensive Care Units of public hospitals in Greek …
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Drop in deaths and intubations do not signify end of the pandemic
The recent decline in the number of Covid-related deaths and intubations do not signify the end of the pandemic, the president of the National Vaccination Committee, Maria Theodoridou, warned on Monday. “Experts are skeptical about when the pandemic will end. Historically, each pandemic has a different outcome and it is …
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Greece: 19,618 coronavirus cases, 87 deaths, 515 intubations; distribution
Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday 19,618 coronavirus cases and 87 deaths in past 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals decreased further to 515. Official EODY data February 9 Tests in last 24 hours PCR 26,818 RAPID 299,428 Positivity PCR and RAPID: 6.01% Since the pandemic began, …
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Greece: 22,889 coronavirus cases, 108+4 deaths, 524 intubations; distribution
Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday 22,889 coronavirus cases and 108 deaths in past 24 hours. Four more deaths from previous days were incorporated today. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals decreased further to 524. The number of daily covid-related deaths remain over 100 and people seek explanations. Official …
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Greece: 18,855 coronavirus cases, 109+7 deaths, 549 intubations; distribution
Greece’s health authorities announced on Monday 18,855 coronavirus cases and 109 deaths in past 24 hours. Seven more deaths from previous days were incorporated today. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals decreased further to 549. Thousands fewer tests due to the weekend. Deaths due to Covid-complications remain alarmingly high …
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Greece: 17,662 coronavirus cases, 106+6 deaths; distribution; Live Briefing
Greece’s health authorities announced on Thursday 17,662 coronavirus cases and 106 deaths in past 24 hours. Six more deaths from previous days were incorporated today. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals increased to 568. The number of daily deaths remains over 100 in the last ten days. Deputy Health …
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Greece: 18,825 coronavirus cases, 106+7 deaths; geographic distribution
Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday 18,825 coronavirus cases and 106 deaths in past 24 hours. Seven more deaths from previous days were incorporated today. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals stands at 561. The number of daily deaths remains high. According to EODY, in the week Jan 24-30, …
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Greece: 17,409 coronavirus cases, 98 deaths, 653 intubations; distribution
Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday 17,409 coronavirus cases and 98 deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals decreased to 653. Daily EODY data January 25 Tests in 24 hours PCR 29,701 RAPID 330,404 Positivity PCR+RAPID rests: 4.83% Since the pandemic began, Greece has …
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Greece: 20,507 coronavirus cases, 108 deaths; geographic distribution
Greece’s health authorities announced on Friday 20,507 coronavirus cases and 108 deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals decreased to 679. If one adds to the daily deaths also those registered days later, some 500 Covid-patients lost their lives from Monday to Friday, Jan …
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Greece: 18,869 coronavirus cases, 81 deaths, 688 intubations; distribution
Greece’s health authorities announced on Thursday 18,869 coronavirus cases and 81 deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals increased to 688. A 52-day-old baby lost the battle against the coronavirus in Thessaloniki on Wednesday night. The baby was born on Nov 30 and was …
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Greece: 20,107 coronavirus cases, 88 deaths, 683 intubations; distribution
Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday 20,107 coronavirus cases and 88 deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals increased to 683. According to EODY data for the week January 10-16: 36,300 infections cases were aged 4-18, that is 25% of the total Covid-19 infections. …
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Greece: 23,340 coronavirus cases, 106 deaths, geographic distribution
For second consecutive day Greece recorded over 100 Covid-related deaths as health authorities announced on Tuesday 23,340 coronavirus cases and 106 deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals stands at 673. According to reports, 34% of the total cases today refer to childrne aged …
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Greece: Coronavirus deaths rise to 101 in 24 hours; 18,834 cases; distribution
Covid-related deaths reached 101 in the past 24 hours in Greece with the total number of fatalities in Greece to have exceeded the benchmark of 22,000. On Monday health authorities announced also 18,834 new coronavirus cases. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals has decreased to 672 80 from 686 …
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Greece: 19,772 coronavirus cases, 72 deaths, 679 intubations; distribution
Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday 19,772 coronavirus cases and 72 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals has increased again to 679. Official EODY data January 14 Tests in last 24 hours: PCR: 32,356 RAPID: 380,557 Positivity PCR+RAPID: 4.79% Since the pandemic …
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Greece: 20,409 coronavirus cases, 80 deaths, 664 intubations; distribution
Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday 20,409 coronavirus cases and 80 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals has decreased to 664. Official EODY data January 13 Tests in last 24 hours: PCR: 36,026 RAPID: 284,233 Positivity PCR+RAPID: 6.37% Since the pandemic began, …
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Greece: 24,246 coronavirus cases, 77 deaths, intubations rise to 670; distribution
Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday 24,246 coronavirus cases and 77 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals increased further to 670 by 30 new intubations compared to a day earlier. A 6% increase in children was recorded in the week Jan 3-9. …
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Greece: 32,694 coronavirus cases, 80 deaths, 640 intubations; distribution
Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday 32,694 coronavirus cases and 80 covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals slightly decreased by 14 people but still remains high with 640 patient in ventilators. Official EODY data January 11 Tests in last 24 hours: PCR: …
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Vaccinated abroad? Greece opens platform for online registration & booster shot
Greece opened on Monday afternoon, January 10, the online platform for citizens who were administered vaccines against Covid-19 abroad. Registration to the platform will enable holders of an EU Digital COVID Certificate or of one of a third country to have their vaccinations also registered in Greece. Especially those over …
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Greece: 18,592 coronavirus cases, 66 deaths, intubations rise; distribution
Greece’s health authorities announced on Sunday 18,592 coronavirus cases and 66 covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals increased to 642. Several; thousands fewer tests due to weekend. Official EODY data January 9 Tests in last 24 hours: PCR: 26,837 RAPID: 203,400 Positivity …
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