Update – 14/01/2022
January 14, 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 1,612,869. 80 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 21,732. The number of patients treated in intensive care units is currently 664. 20,409 new cases were announced yesterday in Greece. 7,758 of the new cases were found in the Attica region and 1,966 new cases in the Thessaloniki region.
Greece on Thursday began to requisition the services of pathologists, lung specialists and general practitioners of northern Greece to reinforce the national healthcare system crumbling under the weight of the pandemic.
In a statement to the state-run news agency AMNA, Panagiotis Bogiatzidis, Chief Executive Officer at 3rd Regional Health Care Authority, said that the procedure in underway and doctors have already come to hospitals to provide their services as of early Thursday.
A total of 90 doctors have been called to participate in the effort.
Most Covid vaccine deniers are resistant because they feel they are being coerced to get inoculated, a recent poll has shown.
More specifically, a survey by Focus Bari for YouGov.gr from December 21-31 on a sample of 1,002 people aged between 18 and 74 found that vaccine hesitancy is highest among those under 44 and that 65 percent of deniers said they didn’t want to get the shots because they felt that they were being forced to do so.
Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed also said the vaccine is still in an experimental phase, while 43 percent expressed concern about the long-term side effects.
Twenty-one percent said the pandemic is “fabricated.”
However, 83 percent of the poll’s participants said they had already been inoculated. Eight percent said they might get vaccinated, while 9 percent said they would probably or definitely not get vaccinated.
Young people under 18 years of age do not have to get a booster shot unless they suffer from reduced immunity due to medication or an illness, the head of the National Vaccination Committee, Maria Theodoridou, said.
During a regular briefing, Theodoridou said that children and teenagers who have contracted the coronavirus should be immunized in three months. If they have already had one dose before getting sick, they do not need to get vaccinated again.
She also said that the Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) that shows up 2 or 6 weeks after a young person contracts the coronavirus can be prevented with two doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Vaccination also prevents the appearance of diabetes, seen in children under 18 who have contracted the virus.
In more detail, the 20,409 new cases detected per Regional Unit:
