Sotiris Tsiodras
Expert points to measles to stress need for vaccines
Vaccine skepticism is expected to have an adverse impact on the country's overall inoculation program and public health, warned Sotiris Tsiodras, the head of the Hellenic Society for Infectious Diseases.
Sunak cancellation politically motivated
In the wake of the unprecedented spat with London, Athens believes the reasons behind the cancellation at the 11th hour of the meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis by British counterpart Rishi Sunak on Monday evening were not a supposed "agreement" between the two sides not to discuss the Parthenon Sculptures issue, but political and diplomatic.
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Coronavirus Greece – 4,048 new cases, 53% intubated patients are fully vaccinated
141 intubated and 13 deaths
Tsiodras: Possible end of the ‘emergency phase’ of pandemic, but constant monitoring needed
Athens University Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases Sotiris Tsiodras, one of the PM's top advisors on COVID-19, has said that he expects a gradual return to normalcy, but that the virus's endemic presence will continue.
Coronavirus: New study by Tsiodras – Lytras – Vaccination prevented almost 20,000 deaths
About 20,000 deaths from complications of Covid-19 were prevented by vaccination against the coronavirus infection, according to a new pre-published study by professors Sotiris Tsiodras and Theodoros Lytras, conducted during the period 11 January 2020 - 8 December 2021.
New study shows that without vaccination 8,400 more people would have died in Greece during pandemic
In a nationally televised briefing today, Professor of Epidemiology Sotiris Tsiodras presented the findings of a large-scale study that he conducted on the impact of the vaccination rollout in Greece on the number of COVID-19 deaths and ICU admissions and intubations.
Church of Greece enters state’s vaccination campaign to persuade faithful to be vaccinated
Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias and Athens University Medical School Professor of Epidemiology Sotiris Tsiodras met today with the 12-member Permanent Holy Synod to persuade the Orthodox Church of Greece to join the state's massive vaccination push to build a wall of immunity by the end of August.
COVID-19 Delta variant ‘orange alert’ from Tsiodras, what was discussed with Hardalias
The Greek Health Ministry and the Civil Protection bureau issued a COVID-19 orange alert (moderate risk) today after the appearance and expected spread of the more transmissible Delta variant, which was isolated in India, especially on the island of Crete, which has the most confirmed cases.
Tsiodras holds telephone call with Israeli inventor of promising Covid-19 drug
Infectious diseases expert Sotiris Tsiodras, one of the government's top scientific advisers on fighting Covid-19, on Friday held a telephone call with Prof. Nadir Arber, the Israeli inventor of a promising drug against the virus.
During his recent visit to Israel, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis offered to have a hospital in Greece take part in clinical trials.
Emergency meeting on hard lockdown for Attica called by PM
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is convening an emergency meeting of key government officials on Tuesday to discuss concerns about a spike in coronavirus cases in the Greek capital and recommendations for a hard lockdown similar to that imposed last spring.