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As Ms. Papaevangelou noted, “it takes special attention the holidays to come. And more specifically, each family must determine the close circle of relatives and friends with whom they will spend the holidays ”.
She asked strict adherence to safety distances, the use of masks on the tables, but also the good ventilation of the spaces.
furthermore, the Vana Papaevangelou, wanting to emphasize what he said, he stressed that “8 minutes are enough to spread the coronavirus in a 150 m2 house. with 20 guests “.
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Papaevangelou: Vulnerable groups will take priority in vaccines
“We now have a marked reduction in new hospital admissions and we may see some early signs of stabilization of new intubated patients and daily deaths.”
He stressed the need to focus on vaccines, saying that “as you all know, vaccinations started in the UK last week and just a few days ago the green light was given to start in the US.”
“And in our country we hope that vaccination will start early next year, 2021,” stressed Ms Papaevangelou.
According to her, on Monday we had 184 new cases in Attica and 163 in Thessaloniki. The feeling is that there are far fewer coronavirus cases this week compared to last year.
The Lady Papaevangelou He referred specifically to vaccination and stressed that priority would be given to vulnerable groups. “We are particularly interested in older people, and older people are the ones who generally get seriously ill,” he said.
“A few days ago the results of the clinical trial of the vaccine that we will have in our country were published, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which has already been administered to more than 18,500 people, while many others received the placebo vaccine,” he said.
“Almost half of them were over 55 and one year old reached 89,” continued Ms Papaevangelou, while more than half of the patients had an underlying disease.
“The effectiveness of the vaccine was 95%, much higher than the objectives set by the World Health Organization,” said the infectious disease specialist.
As he said, the vaccine protects people who face chronic lung disease, diabetes, and hypertension.
“Pain at the point where the person is vaccinated, fatigue, headache and fever are the main side effects of the Covid 19 vaccine,” he said.
“It is important to mention that the side effects were milder, less severe in people over 65, and that people with underlying diseases or chronic conditions had no more side effects,” said Ms Papaevangelou.
How safe is the vaccine for pregnant women and children?
As you said, after all, there are two categories of people, pregnant women and children who were not a priority for vaccination.
However, it happened that 12 pregnant women who did not know and were vaccinated against the coronavirus have absolutely no problems in their pregnancy.
For children, very young children under the age of 16 have been vaccinated, but the safety and efficacy effects for this population group are not yet known.
“We must all be patient, because the balances in our country are extremely fragile. I have to be careful with our “bubble”, that is, the common and close circle of people with whom we come in contact every day. “It only takes eight minutes in an area of 150 square meters, 20 people who do not wear a mask to spread the coronavirus,” he said.
“We must avoid synergism, so as not to undermine the collective effort that has been made to limit the spread of the coronavirus,” Ms Papaevangelou said.
Majorkinis: Cases in Thessaloniki reduced by 20% compared to the previous week
The big bet is to pay attention to meetings and gatherings with other households in view of the holidays, Majorkinis stressed.
Describe a number of important tips on what citizens should do in cases of such meetings.
“If we have symptoms, do not come into contact with them. Always wear a mask, especially when we have grandparents or people undergoing chemotherapy, have good ventilation in the room and avoid hugs and kisses. We must protect all these people at all costs,” said the EKPA teacher.
He reiterated, as before Vana Papaevangelou, the need to create the call “social bubble“That is, meet with same people at christmas and new year.
EODY: Intubates remain at elevated levels
After the vertical reduction in the number of cases announced on Sunday by ΕΟΔΥ, and although the market has been opened with the click away method, the image of its spread continues at the same wavelength coronavirus.
Specifically, on Monday, December 14, EODY announced 639 news outbreaks of the new virus in the country, of which fifteen They were found after checks at the gates of the country. The total number of cases is 125,173, of which 52.6% are men.
Of the total of cases, 5,126 (4.1%) are considered related to trips from abroad and 35,741 (28.6%) are related to an already known case.
Beside, 558 Our fellow citizens are being treated by intubation. Their average age is 66. 166 (29.7%) are women and the rest are men. 77.2% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older. 732 the patients have been discharged from the ICU.
Finally, we have 62 deaths are still recorded and 3,687 deaths in the country as a whole. 1,475 (40.0%) women and the rest men. The mean age of our deceased fellow citizens was 79 years and 95.7% had an underlying disease and / or were 70 years or older.
Daily epidemiological surveillance report of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) Data until December 14, 2020, at 3:00 p.m.
