China News Service, February 9th. According to the Greek "China Greek Times" report, on February 8, local time, Akumanias, the chairman of the Greek National Public Health Organization, said that a total of 403 cases of infection with the mutant virus found in the United Kingdom have been found in the country. Cases, and because the mutant strain is more infectious, this mutant virus may become the main new coronavirus spreading in Greece in the next few months.

　　On the evening of February 8, local time, the National Public Health Organization of Greece announced that there were 638 new confirmed cases of new crown in Greece in the past 24 hours, with a total of 164,575 confirmed cases; 25 new deaths were added that day, with a total of 5997 deaths.

Data map: On November 7, 2020, in Athens, Greece, a cat strolled on an empty commercial street.

　　According to reports, Akumanias said on the 8th that so far, the country has found a total of 403 cases of mutated virus found in the UK, so it is not ruled out that the government will implement a nationwide blockade to curb the spread of the virus. .

　　Akumanias pointed out that because the mutant strains found in the UK are more infectious, this mutant virus may become the main new coronavirus spreading in Greece in the next few months.

Although the transmission capacity of the mutant virus has increased by 40%-70% compared to before, there is no evidence that it will cause a higher death rate.

He also added that in addition to the mutant virus found in the UK, there have also been six cases of the mutant virus found in South Africa in Greece.

　　Regarding the effectiveness of the vaccine against these two mutant viruses, Akumanias said that many vaccines are currently effective against the mutant strains found in the UK, but the effect against the mutant strains found in South Africa does not seem to be ideal.

　　Akumanias also said: “We prefer to see a complete lockdown rather than seeing a large number of hospitalized patients.” When asked why the government has not implemented a particularly strict lockdown so far, Akum Manias said: "This is mainly due to people's psychological and socio-economic considerations."

　　On the same day, Peroni, an alternate spokesperson for the Greek government, said that the vaccination work in Greece is proceeding as planned.

But unlike other branded vaccines ordered by the country, the new crown vaccine co-operated by AstraZeneca and Oxford University will first be vaccinated for people under 65.

　　According to the report, although the vaccine has good safety and effectiveness, there are still not enough data on the response of this vaccine in people over 65 years old. Therefore, Greece temporarily set the age of vaccination under 65 years old. .

It is expected that the new batch of vaccines will be vaccinated in mid-February.

(Cai Ling)