Chinanews, October 12, according to the Greek "China Greek Times" report, on the evening of October 11 local time, the Greek National Public Health Organization announced that there were 2,383 new cases of new coronavirus pneumonia in Greece in the past 24 hours, and a total of 6,79,157 cases have been confirmed. .

There were 41 new deaths and a total of 15,177 deaths.

　　The spokesperson of the Greek government, Ikonomo, announced that Greek Prime Minister Mizotakis will receive the third dose of the new crown vaccine on the 12th.

Earlier, Greek President Sacraropoulou had received the third dose of the new crown vaccine on the 8th.

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　　Ikonomo reminded that from October 10, all people over the age of 50 can make an appointment for the booster shot of the new crown vaccine regardless of the underlying disease, and it is recommended that the booster shot be injected 6 months after the new crown vaccine is fully vaccinated.

　　Nikos Tzanakis, a professor of pulmonology at the University of Crete, Greece, warned in an interview with Skai TV on the 11th that due to the low vaccination rate, the number of deaths due to the new crown in Greece between now and the Christmas holiday this year It may reach 3000 people.

He pointed out that if the vaccine coverage rate cannot be increased to 65% to 70% as soon as possible, it is expected that the monthly number of deaths from the new crown will reach 800 in the next few months.

　　He pointed out that the fourth wave of epidemics is evolving into an epidemic targeting people who have not been vaccinated.

　　He said: “80% to 90% of patients with new coronary pneumonia admitted to the hospital were not vaccinated. The proportion of patients who were not vaccinated in severe cases was 90%. Judging from the death cases, more than 95% of people were not vaccinated. If People have been vaccinated, and there may be only one to five deaths every day."

　　However, as for the number of new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia patients every day, Zanakis is more optimistic, saying that the daily increase in cases will not reach 4,000 or even 5,000 in a short period of time, but will remain at a daily increase of 2,000. To the approximate range of 2500 cases.

At the same time, as long as the epidemic prevention measures can be well observed, this number is expected to decrease.

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　　The new chairman of the Greek National Public Health Organization, Theoklis Zaoutis, said that since the launch of the new crown vaccination plan, the Greek people have gained great freedom, but people are concerned about the prevention and control measures caused by the development of the epidemic. We are still concerned about what changes will occur in the future.

But so far, no one can make a safe prediction on this issue.

　　He said: "We are moving towards building an immune wall. When the vaccination rate reaches 80% to 90%, we will be in a safer environment. According to predictions, the pandemic will end next year. The new crown will become an endemic disease. Endemic disease can be understood as a disease in the community, but it only spreads at a low level. The disease is there, we know its existence, but it will not cause much trouble."

　　He emphasized that if the new coronavirus can be made to look like other respiratory viruses, then there will be no need to introduce more restrictive measures.

In addition, he also called on the public to actively carry out vaccination, and said that vaccines are the most advantageous weapon against the epidemic.

(Cai Ling)