The Deputy Minister of Health Mina Gaga, the Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and member of the Committee of Experts Vana Papaevangelou and the Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and member of the Committee Epirogimos spoke about the course of the coronavirus in the country today.
There have been 1436 applications for antiviral drugs and 19 have been rejected, he said in today’s update on the coronavirus pandemic. the Deputy Minister of Health, Mina Gaga.
As he said in the last four days 857 applications were approved, 42 were canceled by the patients themselves and 477 have already been delivered, while 238 are to be delivered.
Ms. Gaga stressed that it is very important for doctors to make the application early (on the 1st or 2nd day) so that the medicines reach the patients on the fifth day.
She noted that since yesterday, citizens can now contact the Service Team for the procedure of distribution of antiviral pills against COVID-19 and added that in order to receive the drug, patients whose application is approved, must immediately accept the terms use and administration in the link.
“The shipment is made through EOPYY by courier to all patients”, he added characteristically.
Papaevangelou: A study on MISC syndrome in children in Greece
A total of 119 children were hospitalized by the end of 2021 with MISC syndrome, according to a Greek study. These children had a median age of 8 years, said the Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and member of the Committee of Experts Vana Papaevangelou, in today’s briefing.
As he said the syndrome appears 3-6 weeks after the initial infection, regardless of the severity of the disease. Children usually present with high fever, gastrointestinal disorders and rash, and a significant percentage of them developed myocarditis and other heart complications.
Also, 2 out of 10 children had to be admitted to the ICU.
Ms. Papaevangelou stressed that we are expected to see new cases of MISC syndrome.
Majorkinis: Suspicions of an increase in Omicron 2
“Everywhere we look today, the tide of protectionist sentiment is flowing. Professor of Epidemiology, Gikas Majorkinis.
He estimated that there will be decompression of the hard indicators in the coming weeks with a relative acceleration thanks to the vaccination.
Regarding the measures, Mr. Majorkinis clarified that “the whole logic from now on is that the vaccinated they will increasingly enjoy their comfort. “What activities will be released and are being released is recommended to be vaccinated.”
“Mostly the unvaccinated are currently affected by the spread. “We are entering a situation in the world where social distancing will be used less and less and vaccination and testing will be used more and more,” he stressed.
A recent CDC study showed that vaccinating children with 2 doses reduced the chance of developing MISC by 91%.
At the same time, it showed that children who developed severe MISC were unvaccinated.
For myocarditis from the vaccine, mainly in boys, the professor said that data from the CDC show that 90 days after infection, 99% of children showed significant improvement, while 81% had a complete cure.
Therefore, it is a mild and transient complication.
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