Coronavirus: When will the vaccines arrive in the country? How will the vaccinations be done?



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The Minister of Health, Vassilis Kikilias, gave the outline saying: “The European Medicines Agency has spoken of a date until December 29 for the first vaccine, which has already been requested. So I imagine that by this date there will be the approval of one, two vaccines, we will see in the process and in the process.

“Once one or more vaccines have been approved, we will start the vaccination within the next 24 hours after their arrival in our country. We are the first together with the Germans to announce our vaccination program, the logistics, where the vaccination centers will be, how it will be developed, how many vaccination centers, how many employees, how many citizens each month ”.

As the Minister of Health pointed out, this is “a complex program, because the vaccines have different specifications.”

Regarding the order in which the population will be vaccinated, V. Kikilias stated: “With the instructions of the National Vaccination Committee, priority is given to our health, vulnerable groups, the elderly, nursing homes, intensive care centers and then slowly to our population, with order, with valid information and documentation, with the support of society, all local government agencies, Medical and Pharmaceutical Associations, companies, that we will all explain together how beneficial vaccines and how they can return us to partial normality “.

When will the vaccination start?

According to Star’s main newsletter, on Monday, January 11, 2021, vaccination for the coronavirus will begin in our country.

It is estimated that by February 10, that is, a month, a total of 1.6 million vaccines will be given. A month later, in mid-March, the general population is expected to be vaccinated.

According to the same information, vaccinations will continue in April, May and June, where it is estimated that an average of 750,000 citizens will be vaccinated each month. The goal is to have 5.5 million citizens vaccinated by July 2021, or almost half the population.

Sanitary vaccination will be carried out in 23 places in Attica and in 22 in Central Macedonia (hospitals and health centers). Respectively in the other RAL.

The vaccination of citizens housed in nursing homes will be carried out by the 65 structures of KOMY.

How the vaccination will be carried out

Citizens will be vaccinated in two doses, approximately 30 days apart, and two to three weeks after the second dose, antibodies should be tested to see if the vaccine is successful.

Vaccination will be voluntary and free while the government prepares a major campaign to convince citizens of its effectiveness.

In order for the vaccination plan to run smoothly, the country has already received special refrigerators for the storage of vaccines, while the 1,018 vaccination centers are being installed at a very rapid pace.

From Mega’s autopsy in one of the vaccination centers that is already enabled, it is clear that each center will have nine (9) simultaneous vaccination sites.

Of the total 1,018 vaccination centers, 245 will operate in Attica and 123 in Thessaloniki.

Citizens can be vaccinated in two shifts from Monday to Saturday.

The data of the course of the second wave.

According to reliable data from Thursday night, 4,089 patients were hospitalized, of which 624 were in the ICU and 600 of them intubated. The total number of deaths in the country has reached 2,713.

In the afternoon, according to the data announced by EODY, a new record was set with 622 intubated, while at the same time 100 new deaths and 1,882 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the country.

More specifically, according to EODY data, the total number of cases currently stands at 111,537, of which 52.9% are men. Of the current cases, 8 were identified after controls at the gates of the country.

It is considered that 4,958 (4.4%) are related to trips from abroad and 29,474 (26.4%) are related to an already known case.

622 of our fellow citizens are being treated by intubation. Their average age is 65. 177 (28.5%) are women and the rest are men. 75.9% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older. 620 patients have been discharged from the ICU.

Finally, we have 100 more deaths registered and 2706 deaths in total in the country. 1,085 (40.1%) women and the rest men. The mean age of our deceased fellow citizens was 80 years and 96.5% had an underlying disease and / or were 70 years or older.

The map of the pandemic

8 cases during controls carried out at the country’s entry gates

– 334 cases in the Attica region

– 428 cases in PE Thessaloniki

– 9 cases in PE Etoloakarnania

– 1 case in PE Argolida

– 5 cases in PE De Arcadia

– 1 case in PE Arta

– 17 cases in PE from acaya

– 7 cases in PE Βοιωτίας

– 16 cases in PE Grevena

– 75 cases in PE Drama

– 28 cases in PE Evros

– 4 cases in PE De Evia

– 8 cases in PE Evritania

– 3 cases in PE De ilia

– 71 cases in PE Imathia

– 15 cases in PE Heraklion

– 2 cases in Sick PE

– 1 case in PE Θήρας

– 5 cases in PE Ioannina

– 49 cases in PE Kavala

– 3 cases in PE Kalymnos

– 43 cases in PE Karditsa

– 6 cases in PE Kastoria

– 4 cases in PE Corfu

– 1 case in PE De Kefallinia

– 12 cases in PE Kilkis

– 39 cases in PE Kozani

– 4 cases in PE Corinto

– 3 cases in PE Laconia

– 121 cases in PE De Larissa

– 1 case in PE Lassithi

– 24 cases in PE From Mytilene

– 1 case in PE Lefkada

– 35 cases in PE Magnesia

– 9 cases in PE from messinia

– 2 cases in PE Μήλου

– 1 case in PE Naxos

– 50 cases in PE Xanthi

– 69 cases in PE Pella

– 110 cases in PE Pieria

– 7 cases in PE Preveza

– 5 cases in PE from Rethymno

– 23 cases in PE Rodopi

– 1 case in PE Rhodes

– 2 cases in PE Samos

– 76 cases in PE Serres

– 1 case in PE Syros

– 38 cases in PE Trikala

– 16 cases in PE Fthiotida

– 10 cases in PE Florina

– 4 cases in PE Φωκίδας

– 19 cases in PE De Halkidiki

– 9 cases in PE Chania

– 6 cases in PE Chios

40 cases are under investigation.

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