Update – 19/10/2021
October 19, 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 697,033. 43 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 15,418. The number of patients treated in intensive care units is currently 357. 3,164 new cases were announced yesterday in Greece. 541 of the new cases were found in the Attica region and 453 new cases in the Thessaloniki region.
New drugs for the treatment of Covid-19 are expected in Greece in early 2022, Health Minister Thanos Plevris told Mega TV on Monday, nevertheless stressing the need to ramp up vaccinations in the country where the percentage of fully vaccinated individuals remains under 60 percent.
Deputy Health Minister Mina Gaga last week said the Greek state was weighing how it could proceed with orders of the Merck pill that treats symptoms of the coronavirus.
Plevris on Monday also dismissed reports published over the weekend that experts are considering the introduction of stricter measures in some designated areas due to persistent high Covid-19 infection rates.
The reports emerged as the government decided to end measures such as curfews in red areas and to allow the vaccinated to attend entertainment spaces with music and no distancing restrictions.
The government is only considering the simplification of measures for so-called “mixed” areas, Plevris said.
The flu vaccine does not protect against Covid-19 and the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine does not protect against the flu. Both are needed, scientists assert.
With the coronavirus pandemic in full swing, just ahead of the flu season, scientists and health authorities are urging people, especially those belonging to vulnerable groups, not to neglect getting their flu jabs. The flu was not potent last year due to the Covid measures.
“Flu is unpredictable. There can be any version of it in terms of its severity or the time of its appearance. It may not bother us and we can have a quiet winter, but at the same time it can also cause a serious outbreak or even an epidemic,” said the president of the National Vaccination Committee, Maria Theodoridou.
Experts are concerned that the flu could hit more people this year, and more seriously, precisely because their immune system has “forgotten” the virus after a year of absence.
In more detail, the 3,164 new cases detected per Regional Unit:
