COVID-19

A new variant of COVID-19, referred to as FLiRT, has been identified in Greece. The surge in cases attributed to this subvariant was confirmed by Professor Gkikas Magiorkinis, an expert in medicine, hygiene, and epidemiology at the University of Athens, as reported by Darik News.

Gikas Magiorkinis, professor of hygiene and epidemiology at the University of Athens, has confirmed an outbreak of cases of the new Covid variant in Greece called FLiRT. 

Speaking to Skai TV, he said it emerged in Greece about two weeks ago and there has been an increase in cases and hospitalizations. 

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning regarding a new mutation of the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, known as the FLiRT variants. These variants have emerged from the analysis of sewage samples, indicating a shift in the virus's genetic makeup.

In a chilling revelation from the Netherlands, scientists have unveiled a startling case of a COVID-19 infection persisting for an unprecedented 613 days in an elderly patient, casting a shadow of concern over the potential emergence of more virulent variants of the coronavirus.

Deaths from flu and covid rose to 48 last week, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) reported on Thursday, with an average age of 85.

Of the deceased, 40 were infected with Covid-19, while eight were infected with flu.

All Covid-19 indicators are showing a decrease, while influenza remains at high levels, the Hellenic National Public Health Organization (EODY) reported on Thursday. 

According to the latest epidemiological report from EODY, there have been nine new severe cases of influenza requiring ICU hospitalization and three new deaths recorded in the past week.

However, according to "Blic", a wave of increase in patients who have a fever, cough, sneeze, feel a pain in the throat, are weak and have flu-like or covid-like symptoms is expected in the coming days. The main impact of tridemia is yet to be expected, and pediatricians are already working at full steam.

181 new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours. 13 of them have been confirmed with PCR, and 168 with rapid antigen tests. 66.30% of the new cases identified in the last 24 hours are of individuals who have not received any dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Long Covid syndrome is not only significantly under-diagnosed by doctors in Greece, it is also often underestimated by the social environment of those affected.

A significant decline in the epidemic of respiratory infections from Covid-19 and the influenza virus was recorded in an epidemiological report published Thursday by the National Public Health Agency (EODY).