China News Service, July 3, according to the Greek "China Greek Times" report, on the evening of July 2 local time, the Greek National Public Health Organization announced that there were 771 newly diagnosed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Greece in the past 24 hours.
At present, a total of 424,165 cases have been confirmed; 10 new deaths have been reported, and a total of 12,722 deaths have been reported.
According to Greek media reports, the B.1.621 COVID-19 variant strain first discovered in Colombia has spread to Greece.
Greece's first case of infection with this mutant virus was discovered in Patras on June 9.
The emergence of new mutant strains has aroused the vigilance of Greek health experts.
Western Attica University microbiologist Alkiviadis Vatopoulos said that from the current data, although this mutation is more contagious, it does not cause more serious diseases.
He pointed out that despite the continuous emergence of mutant viruses, this does not mean that success in the fight against the epidemic will evolve into an "unending struggle."
He emphasized that the more people vaccinated, the more people can stay away from the mutant virus.
"The focus of the current fight against the epidemic is to persuade people to participate in vaccination. If the vaccination rate is low, the epidemic will continue to recur and new mutations will continue to appear."
Regarding the mutant virus, many experts in Greece have previously stated that it is expected that the delta mutant virus will soon become the mainstream strain of the new crown epidemic in Greece.
According to official statistics, the number of cases infected with the delta variant virus has almost doubled in five days.
On the other hand, the professor of environmental engineering at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Mossinis Sarlianis, said on the 2nd that if the spread of the virus cannot be effectively controlled, Greece may encounter the Four waves of epidemics.
He said that the current number of new cases of new coronary pneumonia infections in Greece has shown an upward trend.
In particular, the delta strain is extremely contagious. It is expected that by August, Greece will have more than 1,000 new cases every day, and this number will increase by September.
He emphasized that all measures currently taken to control the epidemic are supplementary, and the only effective way of protection is vaccination.
In order to avoid the worst, according to mathematical model predictions, the vaccination rate of Greek adults must reach 83% in August.
In addition, the Greek Civil Aviation Authority issued the latest directive on July 2 to continue to extend the flight ban on multiple countries and the entry ban on citizens of non-EU countries outside the EU regulations until July 8.
(Cai Ling)