Update – 08/02/2022
February 8, 2022
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As of the latest update by the Greek authorities, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 diagnosed cases in Greece 2,066,696. 109 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 24,210. The number of patients treated in intensive care units is currently 549. 18,855 new cases were announced yesterday in Greece. 4,698 of the new cases were found in the Attica region and 2,394 new cases in the Thessaloniki region.
As of Monday, the vaccination certificates of 324,000 people who did not take their booster shot for Covid-19 became invalid, Secretary General of Primary Health Care of the Ministry of Health Marios Themistokleous said.
Speaking at a regular briefing, he said that appointments are available over the next two to three days for those who wish to receive a booster dose.
The official said that 91% of those over the age of 60 have been vaccinated, while of the 5,820,000 people entitled to receive a booster dose, 4,960,000 have already done do and 146,000 have booked appointments.
More than 19.6 million vaccinations have already been administered in Greece, he said.
In total, 7,380,000 citizens have completed their vaccination (70.3% of the general population and 79.6% of the adult population)
Small studies have found that people who die of severe Covid-19 have brain abnormalities that resemble changes seen in Alzheimer’s disease – accumulation of a protein called tau inside brain cells, and abnormal amounts of the protein beta-amyloid that forms amyloid plaques.
In all the studies, patients had experienced the most severe forms of Covid-19. If similar changes happen in the brains of patients with milder illness, that might help explain the “brain fog” associated with long Covid, said Dr Andrew Marks of Columbia University.
Patients with severe Covid-19 might be at higher risk for dementia later in life, but it is too soon to know, Marks added.
An 11-year-old boy from the island Lesvos in the eastern Aegean has been flown in a C-130 plane to a hospital in Athens after developing a rare Covid-linked syndrome.
The boy is currently receiving treatment for pulmonary embolism (PE), a blood clot in the lungs, at the Pedon children’s’ hospital.
He was diagnosed with coronavirus again in the summer.
In more detail, the 18,855 new cases detected per Regional Unit:
