It is the small victories that will define the battle against the coronavirus, said the Health Ministry’s coronavirus spokesman and infectious diseases professor Sotiris Tsiodras on Friday evening, during the daily televised update on the pandemic’s course in Greece, ANA reports.
Elaborating, he said that four patients who were in intensive care went off mechanical support on Friday. They are aged between 52 and 67, and two had serious underlying health issues before contracting the virus.
Tsiodras referred to some of the drugs used in Greek hospitals, like remdesivir, an anti-viral drug which has been reported as promising and is used in some patients in Greece, and also chloroquine, which he said is abundant in the country. He mentioned the possibility of using medicines that protect the heart, as the virus appears to affect it in a way that is still being investigated.
He said that commercial antibodies tests that give rapid results are not reliable in terms of Sars-CoV-19 (although their use is still being investigated), and underlined that the only reliable test is the molecular one, which is being currently being used.
Tsiodras announced 74 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Greece in the last 24 hours and 2 new deaths, which brings the country’s total to 966 confirmed infections and 28 deaths.
Civil Protection Deputy Minister for Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias referred to the 11 tons of health care products donated by the United Arab Emirates, and that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had personally thanked Sheikh Khalifa of Dubai for the donation. The material included protective gear for doctors and nursing staff.
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