Vaccines against Covid-19 do protect those who receive them from being hospitalized and also from death, but they do not offer protection from other diseases which should not be related to said vaccines, said the head of the Greek National Vaccination Committee Maria Theodoridou at Monday’s live briefing, according to ANA.
Concerning the AstraZeneca vaccine, she clarified that Greece aligned itself with the European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organization and thus it continues to inoculate citizens with it while keeping a close eye on all the latest scientific findings. Citizens do come to vaccination centers to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine, as “there are no indications that there exists a high risk of thrombosis, but checks do continue”, she noted.
Overall, Greece has vaccinated more than 1,464,000 people against Covid-19 up to now, he added.
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer is expected to deliver 1,100.000 doses of its vaccine to Greece, AstraZeneca another 450,000 doses, Moderna 100,000 doses, and Johnson & Johnson some 1.2 million doses, all over the next three months.
Another 272 vaccination centers will open at the beginning of April, reaching 1,073 centers nationwide, he added.
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