The World Health Organization has tailored its Covid-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that healthy children and adolescents may not necessarily need a shot but older, high-risk groups should get a booster between 6 to 12 months after their last vaccine.
Despite the intensity of influenza this winter, the number of people getting flu vaccinations in Greece remains at disproportionately low levels, health authorities have noted.
Just over 34 percent of Greek adults say they are willing to receive a booster shot against Covid-19, according to a recent survey that assessed the impact of coronavirus-related burnout on vaccination intention.
Unvaccinated health staff will return to work under strict protocols as of January 1, Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Wednesday, telling Parliament that no legislation is required for this to occur.
Unvaccinated health workers of the National Health System (ESY) will return to work under a strict protocol that will include regular rapid testing.
A decision by the Council of State is paving the way for doctors and nurses employed in the public health system who were put on furlough for refusing mandatory vaccination for Covid to return to work.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has encouraged the public to get the flu vaccine, especially if there are people over 60 in their families.
Children aged from 6 months to 4 years old can now be inoculated against Covid after the Health Ministry on Thursday announced that it has received the shots developed by Pfizer for this age group.
Covid-19 vaccines produced by Pfizer for children aged 6 months to 4 years are expected to be available soon, Greece’s National Vaccination Committee said on Tuesday and advised parents to inoculate children of this age group with underlying conditions or that are immunocompromised against the virus.
Winter is coming with a more easily manageable coronavirus but also with a resurgence of influenza, according to scientists.
Vaccination against Covid-19 is associated with reduced mortality even among patients intubated for severe respiratory failure, according to a recent Greek study published in the international peer-reviewed medical journal JAMA Network Open, which examined cases of intubated patients in Greek university hospital ICUs in the fall of 2021.
Just two out of 10 people aged 60 years and older have had their second booster dose of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in Greece, according to Health Ministry data.
Greece on Monday began its autumn Covid-19 vaccination campaign, rolling out new bivalent boosters targeting the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants.
Greece will begin its autumn Covid-19 vaccination campaign on Monday, October 3, rolling out new bivalent boosters targeting the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants.
The abbot and five monks of a monastery on Mount Pelio, in central Greece, will face trial over charges of spreading fake news about the Covid-19 vaccines and the pandemic.
Greece’s National Vaccination Committee on Tuesday said it recommends the updated Covid-19 vaccines for people over 60 years of age and health professionals, among others.
