Th. Plevris: New measures only for the unvaccinated

There is no question of taking measures for vaccinated people and if necessary, other measures will be taken only for those who have not been vaccinated, the Minister of Health Thanos Plevris clarified to SKAI. He added that there is currently no discussion of a rapid test on the unvaccinated for supermarkets or basic necessities.

“We have taken specific measures that 90% concern non-vaccinated people, not punitive, but because they are in danger,” he explained.

“When 73% of adults are vaccinated, there will be no lockdown. relationship with other countries “.

As the minister pointed out, at least in the last 10 days there has been a stabilization of cases, but at a high level, and this means that there is pressure on hospitalizations and deaths that follow the peak in cases. “We are waiting for flattening and a decline in order to decongest. For the next 10 to 15 days we will have pressure on the NSS, but at the moment, even with a delay, there is a serious attendance of our fellow citizens for the first and third installment, over 1 million. “People, let’s go to a pretty good vaccination coverage.” “We would like more attendance to our more than 60 fellow citizens in the first installment,” he admitted, while focusing on the importance of the third installment.

Referring to the data of EODY, Mr. Plevris noted that since the beginning of the year in cases we are 85% unvaccinated 15% vaccinated, in ICU 94% unvaccinated 6% vaccinated and in deaths 90% unvaccinated 10% vaccinated. “A month ago in vaccinations we were in 64-65% of the adult population now we are 73.5%,” he stressed.

Surgeries

On the occasion of the letter sent to the Governors of the Health Regions by the Deputy Minister of Health Mina Gag, in which she calls on the hospitals, public and private, to reduce regular surgeries by up to 80%, the Minister of Health assured that must be done and no one will be endangered.

“Unlike last year when we were in a lockdown and there was a ban, now the administrations are given the opportunity based on the schedule and the hospitalizations they have – if they decide – to limit surgeries. In areas that are under pressure, not binding, purely in the hospital administration based on the occupied beds that have either simple or ICU they are given the opportunity to schedule surgeries, so it does not apply to regular surgeries where there is no pressure, he clarified.

“In exceptional cases, in specific hospitals that are under pressure, we are in collaboration with private clinics to be covered and performed there. Surgeries will not go back. All emergency surgeries are performed, in some hospitals especially in specific areas that are under a lot of pressure anyway. restrict surgeries and give them in collaboration with private clinics “he commented.

“The limited will be absolutely necessary where some surgeries can go back,” he assured.

We have more than doubled the ICU beds, we have hired more than 12,000 doctors and nurses, we have taken 700 beds from the private sector in Thessaly and Northern Greece, COVID cases are served but we also send non COVID surgeries at no cost to the insured. It has essentially become a unified public-private health system. All vacant beds of the private ICU sector are at the disposal of EKAB, we have got beds. In Athens we have already planned which beds we will take from specific hospitals when we need them, individuals entered the system and with mobilization. In order to put a private structure on duty, you must be sure that it can cope with the duty that they do not know as a specialty.

“Currently we have 1,300 ICU beds which are shared, the NSS operates in 2 speeds, one speed the non COVID and one the COVID this means that the NSS has the pressure it had anyway as the economy and society is open has This means that when a hospital has full beds it has to provide more beds either from COVID for non COVID cases or the opposite goes according to its planning is a dynamic process.The German NSS is not pressured having 40,000 ICU All the systems in Europe are made for some endurance, we have more than double the beds and unfortunately a part of our fellow citizens are concerned about them because the heavy hospitalizations in ICU beds and in simple beds with severe cases are basically from 27% of our fellow human beings who do not has been vaccinated it makes sense to have pressure that we manage.