Update – 12/04/2021
April 12, 2021
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As of the latest update by the Greek authorities, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 diagnosed cases in Greece is 295,480. 52 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 8,885. The number of patients treated in intensive care units is currently 780. 1,718 new cases were announced yesterday in Greece. 839 of the new cases were found in the Attica region and 186 new cases in the Thessaloniki region.
Greek Minister for Civil Protection Nikos Chardalias announced on Friday that retail stores will open in Thessaloniki and Achaia on on Monday. The decision comes after shop owners in the regions protested when stores opened across the country on April 5, except in Thessaloniki, Kozani, and Achaia.
Starting Monday, customers — with appointments — will be permitted to do their shopping under extremely strict anti-virus measures in Thessaloniki and Achaia, like in the rest of the country, Chardalias stated.
Stores will remain closed in Kozani, however.
Rather than sending a text message to the government’s toll free number 13033, used for all other movements under lockdown, Greeks will have to send a message to the number 13032 to go shopping.
Greeks can either shop with “click-away,” or curbside pickup, or with “click in shop,” which involves making purchases inside of the store. Both require a prior appointment.
Greeks can send only one message to make non essential purchases each day, and they can only shop within a three-hour window.
In order to maintain social distancing, stores will be allowed to host one customer per 25 square meters (269 square feet), and a maximum of 20 shoppers in total.
The Greek National Vaccination Committee agreed to restrict distribution of the AstraZeneca to Greeks over the age of 30 on Friday.
The decision follows a statement regarding the vaccine from the the European Medicines Agency, the EU’s drug regulator, on Wednesday.
The EMA admitted that there was a possible link between the UK-made vaccine and a rare blood clotting disorder, called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST).
The drug regulator stressed, however, that the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine still outweigh risks.
The EMA described the clots which have occurred as “very rare” side effects. It said most of the cases reported have occurred in women under 60, and within two weeks of vaccination. However, based on the currently available evidence, it was not able to identify specific risk factors.
Experts reviewed several dozen cases that came mainly from Europe and the United Kingdom, where around 25 million people have received the AstraZeneca vaccine so far.
Greece’s Vaccination Committee chose to restrict distribution of the vaccine to those over the age of 30, following a similar move made in the UK.
380,000 people supplied with Coronavirus self-tests
Greece is one of the first countries to supply the home self-tests to each citizen for free as an additional tool in the national strategy against the spread of Covid-19, Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister Akis Skertsos commented on Sunday, in an interview with Greece’s SKAI radio.
The minister pointed out that 35 teachers and school pupils had so far reported testing positive for Covid-19, who would have otherwise attended school on Monday without realizing that anything was wrong.
The minister emphasized that the tests were widely used in Europe and elsewhere and their usefulness was proven, adding that the figures on Saturday indicated that roughly 380,000 to 400,000 individuals had been supplied a test since distribution to high school children and school staff began on Thursday.
In more detail, the 1,718 new cases detected per Regional Unit:
