According to the Greek “China-Greece Times” report, on the evening of June 23, local time, the Greek National Public Health Organization announced that there were 520 new cases of COVID-19 pneumonia in Greece in the past 24 hours, with a total of 419,455 confirmed cases; 14 new deaths. A total of 12,595 deaths occurred.
Restrictive measures are loosened again
The Committee of Health Experts, which provides advice on epidemic prevention measures to the Greek government, held a meeting on the 23rd to discuss matters concerning further relaxation of restrictions. Based on the results of the discussion, the committee made the following recommendations: cancel the current curfew measures; no longer require mandatory wearing of masks in less crowded outdoor places, and still need to wear masks in other places; increase the capacity of each table to 10 People; For those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, there is no need to perform compulsory virus self-testing.
Further lifting of restrictions also shows that the epidemic situation in Greece is improving. However, infectious disease expert Haralambos Gogos emphasized that although the epidemiological data shows a positive trend, there is still a long way to go before achieving herd immunity.
Gogos said that in order to obtain herd immunity, the number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 must cover at least 70% of the population. However, as the risk of transmission of the mutant virus increases, this means that in order to achieve herd immunity, the vaccination rate may increase. higher.
31% of the population has completed vaccination
The Secretary-General of Primary Care of the Ministry of Health of Greece, Symistocles, said at the outbreak briefing held on June 22 that 31% of the population in Greece has been vaccinated against COVID-19 so far, and 43% of the population has been vaccinated at least. A dose of vaccine.
Theodoridou, chairman of the National Vaccination Committee of Greece, expressed concern that the mutant virus may trigger the fourth wave of the epidemic at the epidemic briefing meeting that day. Delta, the mutated COVID-19 strain that first appeared in India, is becoming the main strain in the world. This mutant virus is highly transmissible, and patients infected with this virus have been found in the United States, Portugal, Germany, France and Spain.
But she pointed out that the fourth wave of the epidemic will almost only affect people who have not been vaccinated. At the same time, due to the smooth implementation of vaccination work, severe cases and deaths will also be reduced compared to before.
Greece recurred deaths after the second dose of Pfizer vaccine
A few days ago, a 61-year-old male doctor from Katerini, a city in northern Greece, died after receiving a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The man received the second dose of vaccination on June 19, and the vaccine was Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.
He felt unwell on the afternoon of the 20th and was rushed to the hospital. Although the medical staff rescued him, unfortunately the man was eventually pronounced dead. It is reported that the man did not suffer from underlying diseases during his lifetime. The forensic doctor is currently investigating the cause of his death.
This is not the first time that Greece has died after receiving the second dose of Pfizer vaccine. On the morning of June 18, a 57-year-old Greek woman was vaccinated with the second dose of Pfizer vaccine. Ten minutes after receiving the second dose of Pfizer vaccine, she felt burning pain in her chest and back in the observation area of the hospital, then fainted and suffered a cardiac arrest. The on-site medical staff immediately implemented rescue measures such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation and intubation on her, but after one hour of hard work, the woman still died.
In addition, Greece has recently recorded more than 20 cases of myocarditis and pericarditis, but it is not clear whether these cases are related to the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Both Pfizer and Modena's COVID-19 vaccines are mRNA vaccines.
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