“Cases are stable but high and hospitals are under pressure,” he said Deputy Minister of Health Mina Gaga in the information about the coronavirus from the Ministry of Health.
After referring to the current data on cases and intubation in our country, she stressed that the people who are at risk, who are intubated and end up are those who have not been vaccinated and have not done the third dose, noting the need for vaccination with all three doses. .
At the same time, he pointed out the importance of observing the protection measures against the coronary artery. “We have to be careful, we have to wear masks, we have to keep our distance,” he said.
Reduction in the absolute number of new cases in children 4 – 18 years old
The Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and a member of the Committee of Experts spoke about the reduction in the absolute number of new cases in children aged 4-18 years. Vana Papaevangelou.
He stressed that there has been a stabilization or reduction of cases in areas with high vaccination coverage of adolescents.
The Omicron variant is responsible for the largest number of new cases in the country and accounts for 80 to 90% of new cases in Athens, Thessaloniki, Crete and Thessaly, said Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and member of the Committee of Experts Vana Papaevangelou.
In our country, however, the Delta variant is still available, which is associated with a more serious disease. Mrs. Papaevangelou explained that in the territory of 50% of the imports they get sick with Delta.
More than 60% of hospital admissions in Northern Greece are due to Delta, the pressure on the NSS will remain high in these areas, he stressed.
“In the 2nd reference week of 2022, between January 10-16, the schools were open. “The total number of new cases dropped to 36,300 from 43,386 in the first week of the year while the children were out of school.”
As he underlined, in several Regional Units of the country with high vaccination coverage of adolescents, there was a stabilization or reduction of new cases in adolescents 15 to 19 while we are at the peak of the last pandemic wave due to Omicron.
“93.4% of the deaths in the last 15 days concerned our fellow human beings who had not been vaccinated or even had not had time to take their booster dose,” said Ms. Papaevangelou.
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