“Sanofi vaccine is coming to Greece in early April,” Deputy Health Minister Mina Gaga announced in a briefing to the Ministry of Health.
He reiterated that on February 21 we will receive 168,000 doses of the Novavax protein vaccine and by mid-March we will reach 474,000.
At the same time, he announced that at the beginning of March our country will receive new antiviral pills from another company, as well as drugs that take precaution.
Regarding the administration of Pfizer and Merck pills, the Deputy Minister noted that more than 300 applications have been approved so far and have already begun to be delivered to patients who meet the criteria.
Regarding the course of the pandemic, he stressed that it is not yet under control, as the indicators are still moving at high levels.
Papaevangelou: 88% of the new admissions concern cases with Omicron – About 90-100 children are hospitalized
“88% of the new admissions concern patients with Omicron variant disease, almost 80% of the patients are people over 50 years old”, stressed the pediatrician Vana Papaevangelou while adding that the total number of children treated in the territory remains at 90-100
Regarding the image presented by the hospitals, he stressed that there is a mild de-escalation but an increase in the median age of the patients in both simple beds and ICU. He said that the cases with Delta in the hospitals are being replaced by those of Omicron.
He also spoke of a high number of active cases, estimated at 140,000, while an increase in the spread is observed in Thrace North Aegean Islands and Dodecanese.
The vast majority of those who end up in ICU or die from coronavirus stressed that they are unvaccinated.
“It seems that in the coming weeks the pressure on the NSS will be decongested and the hard indicators will improve.», write down.
Asked about the possibility of easing the measures in the event of de-escalation, he stressed that it is still too early for such decisions:
Enough thought and dialogue between for the next steps in view of de-escalation. On the one hand we see that with optimism that there will be de-escalation. On the other hand there is a large dispersion. We still have time to see 2-3 thousand daily cases. Of course, we see several countries relaxing. All this must be put on a scale and we must see the pros and cons. Do not give wrong messages. An informal discussion has started but we still need a lot of talking and our thoughts to mature.
Asked about the reasons for the pressure on the health system, she explained that it is reasonable to delay, but expressed her belief that decompression will take place soon:
“It is not surprising that it is slow to decompress the pressure on the health system. Do not forget that the admissions a few weeks ago have a long hospital stay. Vaccinated people over the age of 60 are also more likely to become seriously ill and need to be admitted to an ICU. Omicron hospitals have a shorter hospital stay. So in combination with the lower number of imports, we think that we will drive decompression “.
Majorkinis: It is uncertain how long the stabilization of the diaspora in Greece will last
The Omicron dispersion stabilized at a high plateau. The epidemic is probably reaching its peak worldwide, but there is uncertainty about how long the stabilization in Greece will last and when we will enter a process of recession worldwide, said Gikas Majorkinis, professor of infectology, noting that we are still waiting for next weeks.
And this week over 70% of those who die from the virus are unvaccinated.
At the same time, the professor explained that as long as citizens who potentially belong to the groups with the characteristics of patients we see losing their lives, resist vaccination, there is no significant reduction in mortality and especially for the elderly, no variation is completely innocent. In fact, even if they passed the virus once, they should not feel safe believing that they will pass the virus again slightly.
“Most likely one of the encounters with the virus will be fatal.”
“We call on all vaccinated people to adhere to the vaccine strictly,” the professor concluded.
In Greece, based on EODY data, we had a small increase of 10% in deaths and new diagnoses in the last week.
The pressure on the health system remains high with relative stabilization at intakes and decompression points on the hard indicators.
The number of people in ICUs fell by about 10%.
For self-tests, he said that 104 million devices have been distributed to about 7.8 million citizens so far. Every citizen has been tested about 10 times since the pandemic started.
One in 4 or 5 diagnoses even came from a positive self test.
In Europe the spread is stabilizing as only 2% is the increase in diagnoses while 4% more are dead.
The intensity of the dispersion shows clear signs of decline with 22 of the 47 countries showing a deterioration of the epidemiological situation.
Worldwide virus infections are estimated at 385% million while coronavirus deaths are estimated at 5.7 million.
In each case, the new diagnoses were reduced by 10%. In fact, he said that for the first time there is a decrease after the increase of omicron on a global scale.
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