China News Service, April 28. According to the Greek "China Greek Times" report, on the evening of April 27 local time, the National Public Health Organization of Greece announced that in the past 24 hours, there have been 3,313 new cases of new coronavirus pneumonia in Greece, and a total of 337,723 cases have been diagnosed. example.

There were 92 new deaths that day, and a total of 10179 deaths.

  According to data from the National Public Health Organization of Greece, of the 1,317 new cases on April 26, 7 were imported from abroad, and the rest were new local cases.

Data map: A policeman in Athens, Greece, is checking the driver's certificate to determine the purpose of his trip.

Two age groups only use AstraZeneca vaccine

  Greece's new crown vaccination appointment platform for people in the 30 to 39 age group was opened on the 27th. As of noon that day, the number of appointments for this age group on the official platform has reached 60,000.

According to reports, this age group will only use the AstraZeneca vaccine.

  The vaccination platform for the 40 to 44-year-old age group and the 45-49 year-old age group will also be put into use on April 29 and May 1, respectively.

Vaccines for the 40-44 age group will also be limited to AstraZeneca vaccines, but people in the 45-49 age group will receive a more complete range of vaccines, including Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Modena and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.

  As the EU drug regulatory agency previously stated that rare blood clots should be listed as a very rare side effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Many people worry that vaccination of this vaccine may lead to the formation of blood clots. In some areas of Greece, the vaccination rate of this vaccine has not been optimistic.

There are different opinions on when travel text messages will be abolished

  Greek Minister of Development and Investment Azonis Georgiadis stated in an interview with Skai TV on Tuesday that the time to cancel the notification requirement for sending SMS messages when people travel is not yet ripe, but if the vaccination rate is accelerated, this goal may be achieved in the next few days. .

  Georgiades said that the government's goal is to cancel the requirement to send text messages when the tourist season in Greece opens, but this depends on the vaccination status.

He emphasized the importance of vaccines in the process of national social life recovery and economic restart, and urged the public to join the vaccination plan as soon as possible.

He said that vaccines are the only way to solve the problem and an important guarantee for eventually getting rid of restrictions.

  However, Kyriacos Pierakakis, the Greek Minister of Digital Governance, is more optimistic about when the travel SMS will be cancelled.

He said on Tuesday that the 13033 travel SMS reporting system is expected to be abolished soon.

In an interview with ANT1 TV, he said: "We will soon abolish the travel declaration system." He pointed out that from May 3rd, restaurants and coffee shops will be allowed to open until 11 pm, and people do not need to send SMS declarations when they go to dinner. .

He also added that the government will announce the final decision on the travel declaration system within the next few days.

Inter-city travel is expected to resume next week

  According to Greece’s current anti-epidemic regulations, cross-regional travel between close urban areas is still restricted. However, Panagiotis Stampoulidis, Secretary General of the Greek Association for the Protection of Business and Consumers (Panagiotis Stampoulidis)27 In an interview with Open TV on Japan, it said that starting next week, people will be allowed to travel across the city.

  Greek government spokesman Pelloni also confirmed Stupplidis's statement at a regular press conference held on the 27th.

Pelloni said: "Next we will focus on whether we will continue to use travel text messages, and make a final decision within a few days. What is certain is that as the travel season gradually restarts, the text message application requirements will be gradually abolished, and With the response of the catering industry, travel across urban areas will also return to normal.” (Cai Ling)