Update – 30/03/2021
March 30, 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 255,755. 65 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 7,945. The number of patients treated in intensive care units is currently 738. 1,724 new cases were announced yesterday in Greece. 773 of the new cases were found in the Attica region and 241 new cases in the Thessaloniki region.
A record number of patients with Covid-19 in Greece are on ventilators Monday. The total number of people undergoing the intensive and invasive treatment, which involves placing a tube down a patient’s throat to assist breathing, has reached 738 in Greece. Monday’s figure breaks the previous record of 735, which was recorded just yesterday, on Sunday.
Residents of Greece aged between 65 and 69 years old will be able to book an appointment for their coronavirus vaccinations with their AMKA social security and AFM tax numbers on the emvolio.gov.gr website starting on Friday, the general secretary for primary healthcare announced on Monday.
Speaking at the Health Ministry’s daily briefing on the course of the pandemic, Marios Themistokleous also said that turnout among the 70-74 age group, which started booking its vaccinations last Friday, has been impressive with 230,000 appointments already arranged via the platform. Themistokleous said that Greek health authorities have administered 1.63 million doses of the three available coronavirus vaccines so far and are expected to accelerate the vaccination drive as more doses become available. Some 565,000 people have been fully immunized with both doses, according to official figures.
Greece, Themistokleous said, is still expecting 1.1 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine, 450,000 doses from AstraZeneca and 100,000 doses from Moderna, while it will also be receiving more than 1.3 million doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson jab over the course of April, May and June.
The course of Greece’s vaccination program is emerging as the key parameter for stopping the pandemic and gradually returning to normalcy.
According to research data comparing the development of Israel’s vaccination program with that of Greece, a reduction in the number of deaths from the coronavirus should be expected in early April.
What’s more, research conducted at the Technical University of Crete predicts that the effect of the vaccination program in curbing the negative effects of the pandemic will be seen at a lower percentage of those vaccinated compared to Israel, which has so far fully vaccinated about 50% of its population, due to two factors: the targeted vaccination coverage of elderly and vulnerable groups and the smaller total number of infections.
Meanwhile, despite the fact that the health system remains under intense pressure, the government wants the gradual lifting of restrictions on economic and social activities to begin next week. Its reasoning is based on the fact that the gap between admissions and discharges from intensive care units is constantly closing. This result of this is expected in mid-April. Furthermore the weather is improving. From Thursday the temperature will start to climb to 20 degrees Celsius, favoring outdoor activities. Since scientists are convinced that the dispersion of the third wave was mainly due to people spending more time indoors, the opening of activities will transfer social life to outdoor areas.
The third factor is linked to the very satisfactory progress of the vaccine rollout. Until Monday 1,609,774 vaccines had been administered, with the coverage rate reaching 10.1%. The average number of vaccinations per week currently stands at 224,018, while 1,993,733 appointments have been scheduled. The method of self-testing is also expected to favor the easing of measures as citizens will be able to test themselves.
Relevant decisions are expected within the week after the committee of experts meets on Wednesday to evaluate all the data. It is very likely that from next Monday, retail stores will partially reopen, together with high schools, while there will be a relaxation of movement between municipalities.
As far as retail is concerned, consumers will be allowed to go shopping once a day after sending an SMS to the new 5-digit telephone code 13032. This would allow retail to reopen without the click-away and click-inside methods.
In more detail, the 1,724 new cases detected per Regional Unit:
