Koronovios – Kikilias: The Expert Committee is strengthened with a Professor of Mental Health



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For your immediate strengthening Committee of Experts of the Ministry of Health with a teacher in charge of the subjects Mental health, but also for the full preparation of the state mechanism for company “Eleftheria” on vaccination of citizens against the coronavirus, the Minister of Health spoke on Wednesday afternoon, Vassilis Kikilias and the Undersecretariat of Health, Zoe rapti.

On the subject of vaccines and Operation Freedom

As Mr. Κικίλιας, the company “Eleftheria” It is a company that has never before been attempted globally. He stressed that the state mechanism is working feverishly to make this effort a success.

He added that “and based on today’s announcements from the Ministry of Health, all the co-responsible ministries, agencies, state government, our health, in the 1,018 vaccination centers that are being prepared, scientists, digital technology people, security people , the armed forces in logistics, the entire state is working so that we can be successful in this effort ”.

“It is obvious that in a project like this there will certainly be mistakes, but we are here to correct them. “With transparency, honestly, we will report, improve and correct everything that goes wrong every day,” he said.

Referring to the data provided by EODY for today’s epidemiological chart, the Minister of Health said “they are not statistics for us“, and continued” with pain of soul “” we appeal to celebrate this Christmas in a united family, with much affection but also with much attention. “” We owe it to ourselves and our loved ones to pay special attention, “he stressed. Vassilis Kikilias.

“Little by little we are going to get our lives back,” stressed Mr. Kikilias, while underlining that the quantities of vaccines will also increase, based on additional vaccination licenses.

See the information of the Ministry of Health

To protect mental health amid the coronavirus

The Minister of Health stressed that the pandemic has affected the mental health of citizens, generating stress and uncertainty and stressed that the Committee of Experts has the support of a professor of Psychiatry, Kingdom – Panteleimon Bozika, Professor of the 2nd Psychiatric Clinic of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh).

Spending on mental health increased by 62% from budget to 58 million euros.

For its part, the Undersecretary of Health, Zoe rapti, spoke about the Psychocommunication Support Line 10306, which operates 24 hours a day and manages issues related to anxiety, uncertainty and mental fatigue of our fellow citizens in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

EODY: 62 deaths, 495 intubated and 937 new cases

EODY announced 937 new cases on Wednesday coronavirus in the country, of which 5 were identified after checks at the country’s gates. The total number of cases is 133,365, of which 52.4% are men.

Of the total of cases, 5,267 (3.9%) are considered related to trips from abroad and 39,198 (29.4%) are related to an already known case.

Further, 495 Our fellow citizens are being treated intubated. Their average age is 67 years. 160 (32.3%) are women and the rest are men. 78.6% of intubated patients have an underlying disease or are 70 years or older. 832 patients have been discharged from the ICU.

Finally, we have 62 deaths more registered and 4,402 deaths in total in the country. 1,776 (40.3%) women and the rest men. The mean age of our deceased fellow citizens was 79 years and 95.5% had an underlying disease and / or were 70 years or older.

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