Watch live the information about the National Vaccination Coverage Plan for COVID-19 by the President of the National Vaccination Committee Maria Theodoridou and the General Secretary of Primary Health Care Mario Themistokleous.
Opening of the platform for vaccination with the Novavax protein vaccine tomorrow
The vaccination platform with the Novavax protein vaccine will open by noon tomorrow, said Mr. Themistokleous during the briefing.
He stressed the first appointment with the Novavax vaccine will take place on 05/3. This vaccine is only used for the basic vaccination.
Regarding the course of vaccinations, the Secretary General noted that 74.9% of the general population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, a percentage that is equivalent to the European Union average. In the adult population the corresponding percentage is 84.4%, he added.
Regarding the administrative fine that has been imposed for those over 60 years of age who remain unvaccinated, an imputation was made last week for the month of January, which concerns 317,962 citizens. In the following days follows the administrative fine for the month of February.
Course of vaccinations
Today, the 20,145,000 vaccinations against covid-19 have been exceeded. Specifically about the course of vaccinations, he said that with one dose more than 7,850,000 citizens have been vaccinated, ie 74.9% of the general population, exactly the same as the average of the European Union and 84.4% of the adult population , while the corresponding EU average is 85.4% of the adult population.
More than 7,530,000 citizens have completed their vaccination, which corresponds to 71.7% of the general population and 80.6% of the adult population. The corresponding EU average is 71.7% of the general population and 82.7% of the adult population.
Regarding the booster dose, he said that 5,831,000 citizens are beneficiaries. 5,350,000 vaccinations have already been performed, 92% of the beneficiaries and 85,000 citizens have scheduled their appointment. “Of the 5,376,000 citizens who have completed their vaccination, seven months with the two-dose vaccine and three months with the single-dose vaccine were vaccinated with the booster dose at a rate of 96%, and only 4% have not yet had the booster dose “he added.
The Chair of the National Vaccination Committee referred to studies on the duration of the protection of the coronary vaccine, speaking to the information about the course of the pandemic from the Ministry of Health Maria Theodoridou.
As he summed up the findings from a systematic review of all relevant studies, what applies after full vaccination, which was done by the WHO and published in the Lancet, six months after vaccination the protection against catching the virus is reduced by 20-30%, 70% protection against getting seriously ill is still valid.
It is noted that these studies were conducted before the predominance of Omicron.
In the Covid epidemic, he said, without realizing it, we use war terms, he said, among other things, stressing that we still do not have the right to use the word “peace” as there are still many issues and the effort to curb the pandemic must continue.
No country is immune to infectious diseases, said Ms. Theodoridou.
The chair of the National Vaccination Committee then referred to the vaccination recommendations of immunized children and adults, summarizing the recommendations of the National Vaccination Committee.
As he said, for children and adolescents 5-17 years old, the third dose is recommended, 4 weeks from the second.
For adults, the booster vaccine is recommended with a booster dose, three months after the 3rd dose.
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