COVID-19 EPIDEMIC GREECE

'A lot of young people are sick right now and will become even more ill in the coming days. If adolescents believe they have been exposed to the virus, they should not come into contact with their parents and grandparents,' said Health Minister Thanos Plevris.

'If there is a total lockdown beginning on 3 January, it will last one month, but if we reach 16 January then we believe that there will again be 6,000 new infections confirmed daily, then it will extend through March,' Sarigiannis said.

It was wrong from the start to categorically reject the compulsory vaccination of doctors and healthcare workers, civil servants, priests, the military, policemen, employees at large public enterprises, bank employees, and employees of large private businesses

In the health ministry’s regular, nationally televised press conference today, Alternate Health Minister Mina Gaga presented graphs with stick figures illustrating the number of vaccinated and unvaccinated ICU patients in two regional public health units (YPE)

In the last 24 hours there have been 51 deaths, compared to 39 two days earlier. There have been 14, 223 death in Greece since the start of the epidemic.

Hospitals are also on alert over the recent rise in the number of intubated patients which was 332 in the last 24 hours, six more than the previous day.

Based on the number of cases confirmed over the last week, 162 are linked to travel broad and 1,722 have been traced to already known cases.

One can in general find countless decisions and actions that demonstrate that often certain people either don’t know what they are doing or just don’t give a darn about what the rest of us think.

From the gloom of the pandemic period has arisen the greatest opportunity for restructuring the Greek economy and that places a great burden of responsibility on the government.

Citizens realise that in the current transitional phase and until the vaccination rollout has been completed caution, vigilance, and systematic preparation is required.

The first category (Group A) of patients who are in vulnerable groups as regards contracting and surviving COVID-19 will begin to be vaccinated in the next 10 days.

Epidemiologists, doctors, and other scientists have not hidden the fact that the virus will continue to be transmitted in waves all over the world,

During these festive days along with the joy and happiness of the holidays we see before our eyes – albeit sometimes almost imperceptibly or by association as the Alexandrian poet Cavafy would say – images of unhappiness and incapacity. We see images of defenceless and hungry children who have been forgotten by God, of lonely […]

The deadly virus has spread into many interconnected communities and is still going strong despite the enforcement of strict restrictive measures over many weeks.

In an exclusive interview with in.gr, tanea.gr, and tovima.gr, Professor Gkikas Magiorkinis details the major obstacles that arise in the effort to inform an often distrustful public about COVID-19.

Daily announcements of the number of deaths of covid-19 patients have not been met with the sadness, concern, and anxiety that one would expect given the extent of the tragedy.

the annual commemoration of the 17 November, 1973, uprising against the Greek junta this year coincides with the peak of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The fact that the number of new cases appeared to be under control created the false impression that the virus was retreating and that its transmission had been checked.

There is no longer any room whatsoever for groundless disputes and unfounded conspiracy theories. The danger is crystal clear. The virus is everywhere. It lurks among us and no one is invincible

The total number of cases in Greece stands at 37,196, of which 4,083 relate to travel from abroad and 13,107 to already confirmed infection cases.