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Maria Theodoridou did not rule out or confirm the case of side effects of the coronavirus vaccine
Your president National Vaccination Committee, Maria Theodoridou, responded about his 54-year-old deputy commander Θριάσιου who is being treated in the intensive care unit, who “was not infected by coronavirus». So he essentially neither ruled it out nor confirmed it. case of side effects by vaccination against the coronavirus, insofar as 54-year-old deputy commander of Thriasios hospital., admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) two days after receiving the vaccine.
The 54-year-old deputy commander turned out to be suffering from an underlying diseasesaid during the talk about vaccines in the country, Mrs. Theodoridou, who clarified, however, that the patient it is true that he was not infected with the coronavirus: “He underwent 4 tests for SARS-COV-2 and everything was negative. So the case has been ruled out,” he characteristically noted.
The AstraZeneca vaccine has a different technology than the Pfizer
Talking about his vaccine AstraZeneca, Ms Theodoridou pointed out that it is a vaccine with a different technology than Pfizer. It uses a viral vector, an attenuated virus, a type of messenger that carries the genetic material of the virus to cells for the body’s immune response. This vaccine, based on its efficacy evaluation, is 70% effective.
As you said, it is given in two doses with an interval originally set at 4 weeks, and in recent days scientists are thinking of giving the second dose at 12 weeks. Maria Theodoridou emphasized that combinations of the vaccine with another vaccine company can be helpful.
In conclusion, he pointed out that a vaccine alone cannot cover the approximately 7.1 billion inhabitants worldwide. We need global cooperation to help vaccinate not only rich countries, but also those with less prosperity.
Themistocleous: More than 9,500 vaccines to date in Greece
Marios Themistokleous, secretary general of Primary Health Care, cited in today’s summary (04/01) some of the data that has emerged from vaccinations against the coronavirus in Greece. As he said, since December 27, 9,528 vaccines have been made in our country, while the stock in Greek warehouses at the moment is 152,580 doses.
“Indicative of the difficulties of the unprecedented situation that the entire planet is experiencing is that several European countries have had minimal vaccinations to date. “We have achieved vaccination coverage that places us in the average of the EU countries,” he said.
