The Greek Ministry of Health will hold an emergency press conference on Wednesday to update the public on the progress of the pandemic in the country, as well as the worrying situation in Shanghai and acute hepatitis in children.
Together with Minister Thanos Pleuris, Secretary General of Public Health Irini Agapidaki, President of the National Health Organization EODY Theoklis Zaoutis and members of the country’s Committee of Epidemiologists will also attend.
Among the problems is also reportedly the upcoming lifting of the remaining Covid measures, which is causing concern amid situation with new strain of coronavirus in Shanghai.
The press conference is scheduled for 11:00 am on Wednesday, April 20, 2022.
Regarding the sharp increase in the number of children with hepatitis
With the unusually high incidence of acute childhood hepatitis in the United Kingdom, the Greek health organization EODY released a statement on Monday urging the country’s doctors to be vigilant. Cases of pediatric hepatitis not registered yetstated EODY.
Reports say that multiple severe cases of hepatitis in children have been found in the UK, which have also appeared in the US and other European countries. CDC USA stated that he was investigating cases in Alabama, including in other states. Spanish media reported that children between the ages of 2 and 7 were infected with the disease.
According to the University of MinnesotaSince January, nine children in Alabama, three in Spain and at least 74 children in Scotland and Northern Ireland have developed acute hepatitis.
EODY announcement in Greek here
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