Vaccination platform for vulnerable groups opens



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The platform for the vaccination of those belonging to vulnerable groups opens on Friday, March 19, while on March 26, the platform will open for the group of 70-74 years and at the beginning of April the members of the group of 65-69 years . old, announced today the secretary general of the Ministry of Health. Marios Themistocleous.

According to Mr. Themistocleous, some 250,000 people belong to vulnerable groups.

The president of the National Vaccination Committee, Maria Theodoridou, explained that priority is given in vaccination to people with transplants and that kidney failure and people with cystic fibrosis are in the second high-risk group.

In the third group are cancer under treatment and hematological cancer in the last five years. This is followed by severe chronic respiratory disease, severe heart disease including a recent acute myocardial infarction, severe liver disease, then immunosuppressed individuals, and finally other diseases, including Down syndrome.

The following is the priority list in detail in pdf:

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