China News Service, February 16 According to the Greek "China Greek Times" report, on the 15th, Greece's new crown vaccination for people in the 60-64 age group was officially launched.

On the same day, two large vaccination centers in Athens and Thessaloniki opened.

On the other hand, the Greek media predicts that after April, the government may adjust the priority of the vaccinated population.

　　On the evening of February 15, local time, the National Public Health Organization of Greece announced that in the past 24 hours, Greece had newly confirmed 698 new cases of new crowns, with a total of 172,824 confirmed cases; 26 new deaths on that day, with a total of 6,152 deaths.

Data map: On November 7, 2020, in Athens, Greece, pedestrians pass by a closed commercial street.

　　On the same day, Greece's new crown vaccination for people in the 60-64 age group officially started.

The vaccine for this age group is a vaccine developed in cooperation between AstraZeneca and Oxford University.

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

　　According to reports, a total of two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are required. After the first dose, the vaccinator needs to receive another dose 12 weeks apart.

The vaccination work for people over 75 years old and medical workers is still going on simultaneously.

　　According to reports, on the 15th, two large vaccination centers in Marousi, northern suburbs of Athens and Helexpo Exhibition Center in Thessaloniki, also opened.

Each vaccination center has dozens of independent compartments and can carry out thousands of vaccinations every day.

　　At present, the primary goal of the Greek government is to take effective measures to reduce the spread of the virus, and hopes to smoothly promote the vaccination plan to build a "protective wall" for the ultimate success in fighting the epidemic.

At present, in addition to medical staff, older people are classified as priority groups for vaccination.

　　However, according to Greek media forecasts, after April, the government may adjust the priority of the vaccinated population.

Because according to the past, the tourist season will gradually come after April.

Tourism accounts for a relatively high proportion of Greece's GDP.

Therefore, after completing the vaccination work for susceptible people over 60 years old, the government is likely to consider dividing the people who need to be vaccinated next by occupation, rather than by age.

　　Recently, Greek Prime Minister Mizotakis said in an interview: “At present, the government’s priorities are all related to public health. We mainly follow the advice given by health experts and then introduce corresponding measures.”

　　Mizotakis said: “But when we solve the problem of vaccination for susceptible populations, we will start to consider other factors more, such as political and economic factors, when we formulate policies.” At that time, engage in contact. People with strong jobs may become the next group of priority vaccinations. These people include: travel industry practitioners, catering industry practitioners, delivery workers, teachers, judges, etc.

(Cai Ling)