Medicine

Meanwhile, Britain, the first country from the Western hemisphere to start immunisation, has already vaccinated 4.5 million people, according to One World In Data.

Germany and Italy have vaccinated 1.1 million people each, while North Macedonia's EU neighbours, Greece and Bulgaria, have vaccinated 85,000 and 18,000 people respectively.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated his call for an EU-wide vaccination certificate that would simplify travel across the bloc, noting the importance of setting it up ahead of this year's summer season.

Cyprus plans to reopen its airports to visitors from all countries on March 1, Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios told CyBC state television on Wednesday.

"This means that passengers will be able to visit Cyprus without quarantine restrictions, unless they test positive for COVID-19 on arrival," Perdios said.

Ljubljana – An international team of researchers headed by Marko Anderluh of the Ljubljana Faculty of Pharmacy and Nikola Minovski of the Chemistry Institute has synthesized molecules that could result in new treatments for super resistant bacteria.

The expert group demonstrated the mechanism of action of these new molecules for the first time, the Faculty of Pharmacy said.

Turkey's health minister said late on Jan. 20 that COVID-19 vaccinations for people over the age 85 would start on Jan. 21.

In the first stage of the vaccination program, over one million citizens, including over 980,000 health care professionals, the elderly and personnel at nursing homes, have been vaccinated so far, Fahrettin Koca said following a meeting of the Science Committee.

Economists appear optimistic that Greek tourism will make a significant comeback this summer. They estimate that Greece and its economy will return to the focus once enough people have been vaccinated to allow for a dynamic return of economic activity and the service sector across Europe.

300 patients were being treated by intubation

The National COVID Vaccination Coordination Committee informs today that according to data provided by the National Public Health Institute through the National Electronic Vaccinations Registry app, 38,338 people have received the anti-coronavirus vaccine in the past 24 hours. Of the people vaccinated in the last 24 hours, 35,146 were given the primer shot and 3,192 - the booster shot.

Daily Covid-19 fatalities fell to 27 on Wednesday from 30 on Tuesday, according to the latest data form the National Organization for Public Health (EODY).

The overall death toll in Greece stood at 5,545.

There were 516 new cases of SARS-CoV- 2 reported in the country of which 16 were reported at the country's entry points, while the total number of infections rose to 149,973.

A new study comparing the incidence of sudden deaths occurring outside the hospital across New York City's highly diverse neighbourhoods with the percentage of positive SARS-CoV-19 tests found that increased sudden deaths during the pandemic correlate to the extent of virus infection in a neighbourhood.