China News Service, September 14 According to the Greek "China Greek Times" report, on the evening of September 13, local time, the Greek National Public Health Organization announced that in the past 24 hours, Greece had added 1,608 new coronary pneumonia patients, and a total of 616,765 confirmed cases; There were 51 new deaths and a total of 14,223 deaths.
About 20% of teachers have not been vaccinated
On September 13, local time, schools across Greece have opened as planned.
In order to prevent the spread of the new crown virus on campuses, the government has stipulated strict epidemic prevention measures.
These measures include: students who have not been vaccinated with the new crown vaccine need to undergo free virus self-tests twice a week, and they can return to school with negative test results; faculty and staff who have not been vaccinated must perform rapid virus twice a week in private institutions at their own expense Test; teachers and students on campus must wear masks.
Up to now, the vaccination rate of the student population is still very low, and about 20% of teachers have not yet been vaccinated.
According to the epidemic prevention requirements, when more than half of the students are diagnosed with the new crown, the teaching institution will stop offline teaching and switch to remote teaching.
Greek Minister of Education Kelameus said on the 13th that the first task of the ministry is to resume full-time classroom teaching.
She urged teachers and students to strictly abide by protective measures and vaccinate as soon as possible.
Children's cases may surge
Zanakis, professor of pulmonology at the University of Crete in Greece, expressed concern about the epidemic prevention situation after the school opened.
He said that Delta, a highly infectious COVID-19 variant strain, has become the mainstream strain in Greece.
This increases the risk of outbreaks of the new crown epidemic on campus.
In addition, according to Zanakis, it has been 18 months since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in Greece, but the number of patients with new crown pneumonia in the pediatric ward has not exceeded 240 people.
As the mutated strain continues to spread and teaching activities increase, this number may increase to 300 to 600 people.
Strengthen the needle appointment platform to open tomorrow
From September 14th, about 285,000 people with low immune function in Greece can make an online appointment for the third dose of the new crown vaccine through the official website.
The Greek government will send SMS messages to these groups of people to remind them to make vaccination appointments.
According to the plan, there must be at least 4 weeks between the injection time of the last dose of vaccine and the booster shot.
The vaccine used in the booster is an mRNA vaccine.
Elderly people over 60, residents and staff in nursing homes will also be included in the range of people who need to be vaccinated with booster shots.
(Cai Ling)