According to Matina Pagoni, President of the Association of Doctors of Hospitals of Athens and Piraeus, the “explosive mixture” of Delta and Omicron strains, which darkened the New Year holidays, is still developing. According to the EINAP President, we will be at the peak of the Omicron mutation around January 15th, and the situation is […]
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Omicron strain catastrophically spreads across Attica
The number of cases of the Omicron mutation is growing rapidly, a fact that worries experts as they anticipate another outbreak in the coming days. “Perhaps on Tuesday or Wednesday we will see numbers over 9,000, and maybe from 15 to 20 January we will see much more, from 15,000 to 20,000 cases,” said Nikos […]
Omicron: Expert Uncertainty with Pathogenicity Assessment
The Sage Scientific Advisory Group estimates that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus should be about 90% less pathogenic than the Delta strain. However, not all so simple. The protection against Omicron has been found to weaken after 10 weeks. Epidemiologists, based on two new British studies, found that people infected with Omicron are 40-70% […]
Dimopoulos: Omicron infects even those who have had covid
The first data from the research of the Omicron variant, which was told by the rector of EKPA and professor of the Athens Medical School Thanos Dimopoulos. As the professor explained, the data currently available show that the Omicron variant is more contagious than the Delta. “People who get sick are re-infected,” said Mr Dimopoulos, […]
Expert: it will be better with compulsory vaccination of persons over 50
If compulsory vaccination were introduced for everyone over 50, “we would live in a much safer environment in our country,” President of the Panhellenic Medical Association Athanasios Exadaktylos emphasized on SKAI today. Especially for the new mutation, he noted that there are still no definitive answers to the main questions that have arisen, but: “We […]
Relentless facts about the Omicron variant: it infects three times more than even those who have been ill
As shown by the data of the first studies of the new Omicron strain. A new strain that emerged from South Africa has caused alarm and great concern around the world. The Omicron variant “came” to raise more questions about the unknown virus. Despite early promising claims from scientists that it is a milder form […]
Greek vaccinated with two doses: the first case of the Omicron mutation in Crete
According to the information, a man from Crete, who was diagnosed with the Omicron mutation and who carries the coronavirus with mild symptoms, was vaccinated. A Greek from Johannesburg, who arrived in Crete directly from South Africa on November 26, tested positive for the coronavirus on November 29. Today it was confirmed that he has […]
Moderna, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and J&J Ready to Fight the Omicron Mutation
The race has begun among vaccine manufacturers Pfizer, Moderna, Astrazeneca and J&J. Pharmaceutical companies are rushing to modernize coronavirus drugs to eradicate the new Omicron mutation, which is of great concern around the world. Pharmaceutical companies have already announced that they will develop a special vaccine. At the end of November, the world’s leading manufacturers […]
Global Omicron Mutation Alert, Scientists Concern, Border Closures Everywhere
The Omicron coronavirus mutation is spreading around the world, causing concern among scientists, but also among governments that … seek to close their borders. Scientists have yet to determine how dangerous the mutation of the Omicron coronavirus, which the World Health Organization on Friday described as “a worrying option”, is. Outbreaks have been reported in […]
Omicron strain: retest EODY 40,000 samples
What EODY scientists say about the presence of the Omicron mutation in Greece. WHO experts, based on the experience of South Africa, suggest that strain Omicron spreads faster than all of its predecessors. Accordingly, it can infect a much larger number of people, including those who have already had other coronavirus variations. The organization calls […]
What are the chances of vaccinated people of getting infected with coronavirus
According to a statement by Maria Theodoridou at an official briefing by the Ministry of Health, held on Monday July 19, the chances of contracting the Delta strain in those vaccinated against the coronavirus are small, but real. Maria Teodoridou stressed that 90% of those hospitalized in intensive care units and in critical condition are […]
Emergency government meeting on Delta mutation
EODY has sounded the alarm over the rate of transmission of the Delta mutation in the country, and there will be emergency government announcements in the afternoon, according to the information. EODY will publish a report with the latest data from the National Coronavirus Genomic Surveillance Network, but also strains, as the Delta mutation appears […]