April 18, 2024

Athens News

News in English from Greece

Vaccination: drugs available for people aged 25-29

Today, a platform opens to vaccinate the 25-29 age group with drugs from Pfizer, Moderna and J&J. In addition, as Minister of Health Vasilis Kikilias announced yesterday, vaccination will begin in the coming days in at home

According to him, at the end of June vaccination of bedridden citizens will begin, which will be carried out with the participation of private doctors. He specified that the vaccination will be done with Johnson & Johnson’s unique single-dose vaccine.

According to Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias, 23.7% of Greeks received both doses of the vaccine.

It is noted that at the moment 6,430,792 doses of vaccines have been administered. In addition, 4,084,134 people were vaccinated with a single dose (coverage rate 39%) and 2,488,302 people completed vaccination (coverage rate 23.7%).

The health minister said that the positivity index had dropped to 2.5% over the past week.

As he explained, in all regions of the country there is a decrease in the incidence, but this does not mean that the epidemic has already ended.





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