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PM says vaccinations going as fast as available doses allow, warns of delays
Greece's vaccination program is going as fast as the delivery of new Covid-19 jabs allow it to go, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told lawmakers on Friday, adding that there will be a delay in the delivery of Pfizer vaccines this month.
Pfizer reduces vaccine deliveries to Europe
Delivery will be reduced until biotechnology firm BioNTech increases its production capacity.
"This temporary reduction will affect all European countries," the Institute said in a statement.
They also state that they expected to receive 43.875 doses of vaccines from Pfizer next week, but that, in all likelihood, they will now receive 36.075 doses.
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The first 8,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine for Covid-19 arrived in Greece
Another 115,000 doses are expected in February
Flu Wave Expected in Bulgaria by End January
By the end of January, a flu wave is expected to occur. That's what Prof. Iva Hristova, Deputy Director of the Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases said before BNT.
She pointed out that the flu virus is late this year and the initial expectations of specialists are for a much lower flu wave.
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Vaccination plan presented as vaccination of elderly over 80 starts
Brdo pri Kranju/Ljubljana – PM Janez Janša and NIJZ director Milan Krek presented Slovenia’s vaccination plan until the end of June, as vaccination was launched around the country on Tuesday for the elderly who are not in residential care and are older than 80.
PM Citu approves request to European Commission for Romania to get 8 million extra doses of vaccine
Prime Minister Florin Citu has announced having approved on Tuesday the submission to the European Commission of a request for Romania to get an extra 8 million doses of BioNTech / Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine out of 200 million additionally negotiated at European level.
Greece has so far vaccinated 49,661 people against Covid-19
Greek health authorities have vaccinated 49,661 people with the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 jab since the country received its first batch on December 27, according to a health ministry official on Monday.
Speaking at the daily press conference on developments with the pandemic, Marios Themistokleous said the number corresponds to 0,46% of the Greek population.
First batch of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to reach Romania on Wednesday
Coordinator of Romania's national COVID-19 vaccination campaign Valeriu Gheorghita told AGERPRES on Monday that the first batch of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is expected to arrive in Romania on Wednesday. According to the military doctor, it is about 14,000 doses of vaccine. "On Wednesday about 14,000 doses of the first batch arrive.
More than 2.000 newly infected, the number of dead has dropped
11.122 people were tested.
Currently, 5.609 people are hospitalized, of which 194 are on a respirator.
A total of 361.782 cases of coronavirus have been registered in Serbia since the outbreak of the epidemic, and 2.410.824 tests have been performed.
As a result of the COVID-19 disease, 3.610 people died in Serbia.
Kon: We should not think this is over; It won't take long to get vaccinated VIDEO
"We will maintain these measures, we will not tighten them. Schools should start working, students should return to the benches or a combined teaching model should be applied. We must also keep the PCR test or the quarantine measure for those who do not have it," he said.
He believes that by respecting the measures during the holidays, we have avoided a new wave.