August 16, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Vaccination against the Monkey pox (mpox) is available to the Greek public as of July 22, Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Thursday. Τhe minister’s statement came after the World Health Organization’s (WHO) announcement on Wednesday that the spread of mpox constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. “The …
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October 30, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Vaccinations against the flu and thus without medical prescription start in Greece on Wednesday, November 1st, 2023. The flu vaccine is free of charge to citizens who can seek directly the pharmacy with their social security number (AMKA). The conventional flu vaccine will be administered without a medical prescription. This …
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March 29, 2023
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The World Health Organization has tailored its Covid-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that healthy children and adolescents may not necessarily need a shot but older, high-risk groups should get a booster between 6 to 12 months after their last vaccine. The UN agency said …
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November 17, 2022
Society, Very Mix
Health Minister Thanos Plevris, announced on Thursday the end of prescription for the flu vaccine. Citizens will have them directly at the pharmacy without without requiring a prior visit to a doctor. The process is estimated to start within the next two weeks, the minister told ANT1 TV. “We have …
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April 13, 2022
CORONAVIRUS
Greece’s appointment platform for the 2nd booster dose (4th dose) of the vaccine against Covid-19, for the age group 70-79, opens on Wednesday, April 13, at the website emvolio.gov.gr. On Friday, April 15, the platform will open for citizens aged 60-69. On April 7, the platform was opened for people …
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February 22, 2022
CORONAVIRUS
A specific date for the delivery of Novavax vaccines to Greece is yet to be fixed, Primary Health Care Secretary General Marios Themistocleous said at the live briefing on Monday evening. Greece was expecting to receive the first batch of 168,000 Novavax doses on February 21, Τhemistoklous had said last …
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February 1, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The process of gradual delivery of a total of 474,000 doses of Novavax vaccine will begin on February 21, Secretary General of Primary Health Care, Marios Themistokleous, announced on Tuesday. Vaccination centers will be ready to start with the administration of the Novavax vaccine at the beginning of March, Themistokelous …
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January 20, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The platform for booking an appointment for a 4th dose of vaccine against Covid-19 open for highly vulnerable immune-suppressed citizens in Greece on Thursday. This second booster shot can be given three months after the booster shot (3rd dose). IT is currently a bit confusing about the age of those …
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January 11, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s National Vaccination Committee has given the green light for the 4th dose of vaccines against Covid-19, media report early Tuesday afternoon. Earlier today health officials had said that the 4th dose is currently not aiming at the general population or any age group but only a specific group of …
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January 7, 2022
Sports
Stefanos Tsitsipas has reportedly been vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine against Covid-19 and will be able to take part in the Australian open, the correspondent of Greece’s state broadcaster ERT in Melbourne reported on Friday noon local time. The correspondent reported that Tsitsipas, according to sources from his …
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December 17, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
One man has been arrested in west Athens for receiving Covid-19 vaccines on behalf of others. He admitted that he had already received several vaccines doses and that he was paid 25 euros per shot. The man was in the company of a woman who also went there for vaccination. …
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October 10, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Mass fake vaccinations have been taking place in dozens of vaccination centers throughout Greece, media reported on Sunday. The bribe fee for doctors and nurses is apparently 400 euros. the fee is paid is by those who do not want to receive the vaccines against Covid-19 but want to gain …
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September 20, 2021
Sports
A month after sparking controversy by saying he would only get the Covid-19 vaccine if it became mandatory to compete in tennis, world number three Stefanos Tsitsipas has said he plans to receive the jab later in 2021. “It will certainly happen this year,” Tsitsipas said in an interview with …
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August 25, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has said experts at the global biopharmaceutical company believe a Covid-19 vaccine-resistant variant is likely to emerge. “Every time that the variant appears in the world, our scientists are getting their hands around it,” Bourla told Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” on Tuesday. “And they are researching …
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August 17, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas was one of the prominent Greeks appearing in the government’s campaign to promote health rules against Covid.-19. This was last year. This year the World Number Three and role model for many youth stated that he would only get the Covid-19 vaccine if it became mandatory …
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June 29, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has been reportedly stolen from a vaccination center in western Thessaloniki on Tuesday morning. The theft was discovered by doctors and nurses at the Evosmos Health Center who noticed that one vial was not in its place. The director of the clinic reported the …
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June 14, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The Greek National Vaccination Committee has changed its policy and strongly recommends that the AstraZeneca vaccine be administered to persons over the age of 60, its chairwoman Maria Theodoridou said on Monday during a regular coronavirus pandemic briefing. The pediatrician said that AstraZeneca’s vaccine is currently being administered to people …
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June 2, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Α 40-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the theft of two vials of Covid-19 vaccine from the vaccination center in Peristeri, western Athens, on Tuesday. According to police, the man, a suspected drug user, had visited the site in order to get vaccinated. Immediately after he was administered …
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May 26, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
The President of Greece’s National Vaccination Committee, professor Maria Theodoridou, informed the public on Wednesday evening about the side effects of AstraZeneca vaccine following of 5 cases of TTS syndrome including one death recorded in the country. Despite the concern about the AstraZeneca vaccine and the thrombosis incidents, the National …
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May 15, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
A new drug to treat Covid-19 could be available soon, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Friday and reiterated that he is against the vaccines patents waiver. He added that a third dose of the Pfizer mRNA vaccine would be needed and the vaccination should be repeated every year. Speaking …
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