The restrictions imposed on movement because of the coronavirus pandemic have affected preventative medicine, National Vaccination Committee President Maria Theodoridou said on Monday, as there are indications parents and children are not following up with non-coronavirus vaccinations, ANA reports.
At a live briefing on Monday, Theodoridou said that vaccines for influenza, pneumococcus, herpes zoster, HPV, and others could be done 14 days before or 14 days after a coronavirus shot.
She also pointed out that Pfizer’s vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 was approved for people over 16 years of age, therefore some children with serious health issues could safely receive it. For the general population of children, their turn to receive the coronavirus vaccine is still a long way off and not under consideration right now, she added.
In the meanwhile, at least 720,000 citizens have been inoculated in Greece, with 30,000 vaccinations carried out on Monday alone, said Health Secretary-General for Primary Health Care Marios Themistokleous at the briefing.
Greece ranks fourth in the EU with its 1,420,000 booked inoculation appointments, of which 720,000 are scheduled for the month of March when it is expected that Greece will surpass 1.5 million inoculations, he added.
Themistokleous also noted that another 120,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were delivered to Greece on Monday.
At least 100,000 citizens aged 80-84 have received the first dose of the vaccine, with another 110,000 appointments pending; this means that 50 pct of this age group nationwide has been successfully vaccinated, he added.
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