Microbiology

The first confirmed case in Greece of the highly transmissible Brazilian variant of SARS-CoV-2, reportedly a man in Athens, was announced today by the National Public Health Organisation (EODY).

A "Variant of Concern" for scientists, P.1.2 (VOC-21JAN-02) has been dubbed the "Brazilian" variant.

Ljubljana – A third of respondents in the most recent Parsifal public opinion poll commissioned by Nova24TV have said they will get vaccinated for coronavirus as soon as possible.

The share is lower than in January, when 47% said they would get vaccinated at the earliest opportunity, but the most recent poll also shows that 20% of respondents had already been vaccinated.

Nearly 60,000 people have registered online to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Health Minister Kostadin Angelov told journalists on Sunday. The e-registration system has been subjected to persistent hacking attacks, he said and added: "Apparently, someone really wants us to fail, but that is not going to happen".

There are currently 3.912 patients in hospital throughout Serbia, of which 160 are on respirators.
In the last 24 hours, 12.561 people were tested.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic in Serbia, 2.930.139 people have been tested, and 456.450 cases of infection have been confirmed.

Nearly 30,000 vaccines have been administered in Bulgaria in the three days since Prime Minister Boyko Borissov ordered that "green lanes" should open for anyone willing to be inoculated against the coronavirus.  The authorities report the public is showing a strong interest in getting vaccinated.

Prognoses for a new wave of Covid-19 are realistic, warned Director of Alexandrovska Hospital Prof. Boris Bogov in the morning show of BNT.

A total of 403 cases of the new UK variant of Covid-19 have been registered in Greece so far, Panagiotis Arkoumaneas, president of the National Organization for Public Health (EODY), has said, while not ruling out the prospect of another full national lockdown to contain infections.

Greek health authorities have completed a total of 290,000 vaccinations against the coronavirus since the start of the inoculation program, a Health Ministry official said on Monday afternoon, at a briefing on the pandemic.

Chairman of the National COVID-19 Vaccination Activities Committee (CNCAV) Valeriu Gheorgita said on Tuesday that less than 10,000 teaching staff have so far been immunised. "I think there were about 7,000 people, as far as I know. I am not able to give you the data from yesterday [Monday], but we are talking about less than 10,000 teaching staff vaccinated.

Brnabi was revaccinated today and on that occasion she called on all citizens to apply for vaccination.
Just to reiterate, Brnabi received the first dose on December 24, 2020, which made her the first European prime minister to be vaccinated.