Vaccine hesitancy
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.
Health Ministry sets up task force to boost measles vaccination
The Health Ministry has set up a task force to increase the number of people getting vaccinated against measles, and is preparing an information and vaccination campaign in regions with low inoculation rates, following an outbreak in Romania, and other European countries.
Greece to take action against measles threat with targeted vaccinations
The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) in Greece is preparing a plan to prevent a potential measles epidemic through targeted vaccinations.
While Greece hasn't reported measles cases recently, concerns arise due to a European surge in 2023 and a historical pattern every 5-6 years.
A new epidemic; "We thought it would disappear"; Serbia is in danger, there's no cure
Serbian epidemiologists warn that, due to the decreasing number of vaccinated children, it is a matter of days when we will have another epidemic in Serbia.
According to the WHO, more than 42,000 infected people were registered in Europe in 2023, while there were 941 a year earlier, which is why they requested urgent measures to prevent further spread.
‘58 pct of those with severe COVID were unvaccinated’
Following a large-scale study conducted on the COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in Türkiye, experts have stressed that some 58 percent of individuals who developed serious illnesses were unvaccinated.
The results of one of the largest studies in the country showing the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine were announced.
Minister denies allegations of measles-related deaths
Amid rising concerns over increasing measles cases in the country, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has refuted recent media reports claiming deaths resulting from measles in the country, stating that the allegations are baseless and do not reflect the truth.
Istanbul hospitals face an alarming rise in measles cases
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Istanbul hospitals have recently been faced with an alarming increase in measles cases amid the rising anti-vaccination movements, while if the measles vaccination rates fall below 95 percent, an epidemic might outbreak, an expert has warned.
Greece joins ‘Big Catch-Up’
Greece has joined the "Big Catch-Up" campaign led by the World Health Organization to counter a slump in vaccinations since the Covid-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 in Bulgaria: 13 New Cases in the Last 24 hours
In the last 24 hours, 13 new cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed in Bulgaria, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal. No deaths.
875 tests were performed, of which 98 PCR tests and 777 rapid antigen tests. The proportion of positive tests is 1.49 percent.
Türkiye produces 3 mln COVID vaccine doses per month, says expert
Türkiye has reached a monthly capacity of 3 million in the production of Turkovac, Türkiye's domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine rolled out in December 2021, says Aykut Özdarendeli, a professor who led the production of the vaccine.