Update – 14/10/2021
October 14, 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 684,706. 31 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 15,241. The number of patients treated in intensive care units is currently 343. 2,338 new cases were announced yesterday in Greece. 562 of the new cases were found in the Attica region and 382 new cases in the Thessaloniki region.
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it is wrestling with whether and when recipients of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine need another dose — at six months or as early as two months.
In an online review, FDA scientists didn’t reach a firm conclusion, citing shortcomings with J&J’s data, including little information on protection against the extra-contagious delta variant of the coronavirus.
The review comes ahead of meetings Thursday and Friday when an FDA advisory panel will recommend whether to back booster doses of both the J&J and Moderna vaccines. That’s one step in the government’s vaccine review process: Next week, the FDA will make a final decision on authorizing those boosters and then the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will debate who actually should get them.
Health authorities say all the vaccines used in the US continue to provide strong protection against severe disease or death from Covid-19. But amid signs that protection against milder infections may be waning, the government already has cleared booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine for certain people starting at six months after their last shot.
Aiming for uniform recommendations, Moderna likewise asked the FDA to clear its booster dose at six months. But J&J complicated the decision by proposing a second shot over a range of two to six months.
FDA reviewers wrote that a study of the two-month booster plan suggests “there may be a benefit,” while pointing to only small numbers of people who got another shot at six months instead.
Overall, the J&J vaccine “still affords protection against severe Covid-19 disease and death,” the FDA’s reviewers concluded. But data about its effectiveness “are consistently less” than the protection seen with Pfizer and Moderna shots.
For its part, J&J filed data with the FDA from a real-world study showing its vaccine remains about 80% effective against hospitalizations in the US.
J&J’s single-dose vaccine was highly anticipated for its one-and-done formulation. But its rollout was hurt by a series of troubles including manufacturing problems and some rare but serious side effects including a blood clot disorder and a neurological reaction called Guillain-Barre syndrome. In both cases, regulators decided the shot’s benefits outweighed those risks.
Rival drugmakers Pfizer and Moderna have provided the vast majority of US Covid-19 vaccines. More than 170 million Americans have been fully vaccinated with those coThe Greek state is weighing how it can proceed with orders of the Merck pill that treats symptoms of the coronavirus, Deputy Health Minister Mina Gaga said on Wednesday while also emphasizing the importance of prevention through the vaccine.
“We are moving forward and checking how we can get orders, we have already started with expressing our interest with the overall medicines market for all of Europe, and we will also see if we can import medicines ourselves,” she told Skai TV.
She noted, however, that “all these new drugs are in limited quantities and of course we will pay for them, but let me remind you that the vaccine costs 15 euros, and protects most of the world, while the medicines start from probably 600-2,000 euros.” “So it is better to prevent than to try to cure,” she added. At the same time, Gaga expressed concern about the rate of vaccinations, stressing that “most deaths and admissions to ICUs are of unvaccinated people.”
“We have a significant number of deaths, mostly unvaccinated, with the elderly and those with other health problems mainly at risk,” she warned.mpanies’ two-dose shots while less than 15 million Americans got the J&J shot.
Lectures in the science faculty of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will be suspended on Thursday after Covid health inspectors were obstructed and theatened in the performance of their duties.
Since Monday, groups of people claiming to be students have blocked the entrance to the faculty building.
These groups verbally insulted and threatened the health inspectors, according to a statement from the faculty.
Students also made their way into the building without presenting the required vaccination certificates.
On Wednesday, the faculty dean said he was suspending teaching on Thursday, appealing for support so that the required health checks could take place at the building.
In more detail, the 2,338 new cases detected per Regional Unit:
