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The first doses Pfizer and BioNTech Coronavirus Vaccine have been in Greece since Friday afternoon, Christmas Day, in view of the long-awaited start of vaccinations. The Commission’s plan calls for vaccinations to start the same day, at December 27, in the 27 Member States of the European Union.
Specifically, under extreme secrecy and a strong police escort. 9,750 doses of vaccine He crossed the Promachonas border at six in the afternoon, in the presence of the Vice Minister of Civil Protection, Nikos Hardalia.
This first batch of vaccines is expected to arrive in Athens on Saturday morning. According to the plan, they will be the first to be vaccinated Sunday December 27 the president of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the first Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the President of Parliament, Konstantinos Tassoulas.
The next day, December 28, will be the distribution to referral hospitals, at the University of Larissa, at AHEPA, at the University of Ioannina and in Patras, so that on December 29 the vaccination of the medical personnel of these hospitals begins.
As announced by the Secretary General of Primary Health Care and coordinator of the national project “Libertad”, Marios Themistokleous, until December 30 We will unexpectedly receive the first large batch of Pfizer vaccines 83,850 doses.
Pfizer vaccine deliveries corresponding to the population of our country, based on the Central European agreement, will be delivered by end of January 429,000 installments and others 333,450 installments until the end of February, of the new year.
By the end of March, we will have received 1,265,550 contributions from a single company, Pfizer-BioNTech. These fees are expected to be added in January, once approved by both Moderna and AstraZeneca.
The three phases of vaccination
In First phase will be vaccinated: Social and health services personnel. Nursing home residents and staff. residents, patients and staff of chronic care facilities and rehabilitation centers. Among the approximately 70,000 people who will be vaccinated until January 10 are 45 officials who hold key positions in the operation of the state apparatus.
In Second stage will be vaccinated: People aged 70 and over (regardless of their medical history). People aged 85 and over. People aged 80 and over. People aged 75 and over. People aged 70 and over. Patients with diseases who are at very high risk for COVID-19 disease regardless of age. Personnel for critical functions of the State. People aged 60 to 69 (regardless of medical history). Patients ages 18 to 59 with diseases that are at high risk for COVID-19 disease.
In Third phase People 18 years of age and older without underlying diseases will be vaccinated.
Vaccines will be stored in five approved warehouses that meet the requirements of even the most demanding vaccines (such as BioNTech / Pfizer, which requires storage conditions of -70 to -80 ° C). More Storage Centers can be activated depending on the volume and specific characteristics of the vaccines, which will be received from the producing companies. Each storage center will provide specific vaccination centers based on the distance between them. On a daily basis, Storage Centers will conduct quantitative inventory of vaccine stocks and update the central supply chain application. The security of the Storage Centers will be guaranteed with the assistance of the Police and Firefighters.
THE distribution in the Vaccination Centers it will be based on the Priority Vaccination Plan. The Storage Centers will receive daily updates from the Coordination Center and will communicate directly with the distribution companies for the transfer. Each Storage Center will have all the necessary materials for the preparation of vaccine deliveries to the vaccination centers according to the manufacturer’s specifications. The vaccines will be packaged in specially designed isothermal boxes, which have undergone a series of tests in collaboration with the National Technical University of Athens, whose temperature conditions during the transport of the vaccines will be controlled by recording devices. A key condition during transport to vaccination centers is to maintain a constant temperature in the cold rooms to ensure effectiveness during administration.
The appointment for the vaccine
Each citizen will be able to check if he belongs to any of them priority groups or by entering the AMKA and your Name on the website http://emvolio.gov.gr and the web / mobile application or by sending a text message (SMS) to the number 13034.
The appointment of the appointments, starting in January, will be done either with the TAXIS data through the website http://emvolio.gov.gr, or by confirming the proposed appointment via text message (SMS) to the number 13034 Citizens, who are not familiar with technological means will have the opportunity to make an appointment by visiting Κ.Ε.Π. wave pharmacy.
The citizen will receive the unique code-number of the appointment, as well as the QR Code, depending on the way the appointment is scheduled. It is observed that through the application of appointments they will be scheduled at the same time or iterative vaccination.
The areas where the vaccination will take place
In Athena 245 centers will operate in Thessaloniki 123.
In detail 1,018 vaccination centers that will operate by health district are the following:
- A total of 245 centers will operate in the 1st RAE, which includes the Attica hospitals
- A total of 135 vaccination centers will be established in the 2nd SAR, which includes Piraeus and the Aegean islands.
- In the 3rd SAR of Macedonia – Thessaloniki, 123 vaccination centers
- In the IV RAE of Macedonia – Thrace, 129 vaccination centers
- In the fifth RIA of Thessaly and Central Greece, 144 vaccination centers
- In the 6th GDR of the Peloponnese and the Ionian Islands, 176 vaccination centers
- In the 7th SAR of Crete, 66 vaccination centers
