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Yes, hoping to face the epidemic with vaccination, not in the illusory complacency to go back and control the epidemic: this is the message sent by the Minister of Health, Mr. Vassilis Kikilias, at the end of the year, facing the next holiday, but critical for the spread of the coronavirus period.
To date they have been carried out in the country 1,763 vaccines, of which 1,695 correspond to hospital health personnel and 68 politicians, heads of the Armed Forces, Ministers, Chiefs of the Security Forces.
However, “Freedom” has just begun, the epidemic persists, and the hard markers paint a hard picture. Yesterday the National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced 942 new cases, 349 in Attica and 170 in Salonica, 443 intubated and 58 dead. The death toll in December was 2,382 and a total of 4,788.
The positivity rate (almost 35,000 tests performed) at 2.69%, consistently below the 4% established as acceptable by the European Center for Infection Control, gives a breath of reliefHowever, as the Minister of Health pointed out yesterday, the latest 2020 update on the epidemic, “Better indicators can’t make us complacent”. If we consider that we are in this epidemiological situation despite the long blockages and while 2-3 months are dangerous, it is understood the hard way that the country is called to pass and the measures to which citizens will be called will be fulfilled in 2021.
“We are in a clearing after many months of epidemics. From the clearing we can be driven in a short time, within the first half of 2021, to a much better point.” described the situation in Greece, the president of the Hellenic Infection Society and member of the Expert Committee of the Ministry of Health, Mr. Panagiotis Gargalianos- Kakolyris, participating in yesterday’s briefing on the epidemic. According to him, until the goal of 70% of herd immunity is achieved, that is, the goal of 70% of the population that will have received the coronavirus vaccine, we will be on alert.
“We have to be prepared to act with prudence. And prudence is nothing more than following the measures. The masks, the distances, the little mobility, which is unfortunately observed, despite the confinement that we have implemented in the country.” said the professor.
Anxiety about the meteorological epidemiological image
The Minister of Health yesterday expressed his concern about the spread of the virus during the holidays. He recalled that the image of citizens’ behavior will be captured in a week for Christmas and in 15 days for New Years.
“International experience has shown that after the holidays the cases increase in the countries and the spread in the community increases. I want to express my concern and ask that we all be very careful. If we had the spread of the virus at Christmas and to what extent, we will see it 15 days after Christmas, so next week. The 942 cases that we have today are a record of what happened in the country 15 days ago. So how we will have behaved on New Year’s Eve and what will be the picture of the burden of the virus in the country, we will see it 15 days, two weeks after the New Year. And of the Lights too “ Mr. Kikilias said.
Epidemiological “hoarseness” intensifies 10 areas where cases appear in “red”, according to the data of the committee chaired by Professor Mr. Sotiris Tsiodras. According to Mr. Kikilias, these are the regional units of Kalymnos (12 cases), Kozani (19), Kilkis (24), West Attica (30), Evros (48), Thassos (4 yesterday), Rodopi (21), Florina (10), Lesbos (12) and Xanthi (13). Larissa (28), Pieria (20) and Magnesia (19) also moved in high double digits. In total, Attica ranked first with 341 new cases, followed by Thessaloniki with 170.
How the “Freedom” campaign is progressing
As stated by the Minister of Health, the Eleftheria National Vaccination Campaign So far it is evolving in five Attica hospitals (Evangelismos, Sotiria, Attikon, Thriasio, Asklipieio) and in four other universities in the region (AHEPA, Larissa Hospitals, Ioannina, Patras).
As of Monday, January 4, it will be gradually expanded to the other NSS hospitals. Initially, in 40 more hospitals, on January 7 in another 40 and on January 11 in 36 hospitals. All these vaccinations of the first wave of health workers, which according to their declarations to be vaccinated are more than 60,000, are expected to be completed on January 20.
In addition, on Monday, January 4, vaccinations will begin in the Wellbeing structures. At the same time, from January 4 to 20, all health professionals in private clinics / hospitals in the country will be vaccinated. Your vaccinations will be carried out at NSS hospitals.
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