Professor Gikas Majorkinis claims that the Covid-19 disease that has recently spread in our country will end soon.
Professor of Hygiene and Epidemiology of the Faculty of Medicine, Gikas Majorkinis, confirmed the emergence of a new FLiRT strain of Covid-19 in our country. increased transmission capacity. Speaking to ERT, the professor explains: “This strain has the same mutations in the same spike protein as other known strains, which makes it more able to avoid immunity provided by previous diseases or vaccines.”
Despite the increase in infections, Mr Mayorkinis stressed vaccines still provide protection against particularly severe diseases, therefore hospital admissions remain low. “Updated vaccines, released every October, boost immunity to fight new mutations, though not necessarily“, type.
Despite the increase in hospitalizations and admissions to single beds, numbers remain low compared to the pandemic period, such as the number of intubated patients.
The professor also reminded that vulnerable groups should follow safety and hygiene measures, such as wearing a mask and timely examination when symptoms are detected. “Initial treatment within the first five days of diagnosis is essential to prevent serious complications“, he emphasized.
Finally, the professor expressed his belief the epidemic will begin to subside towards the end of Julybecause flare-ups usually last 1-2 months.
See what Gikas Majorkinis had to say yesterday:As the pulmonology professor said, Nikos Tzanakis last week on iatropedia.gr the cases are at a level appropriate to the time of the pandemic. The average weekly number of new admissions over the previous four weeks was 300.
A noteworthy point is the number of hospitalizations In the corresponding week of 2023, there were only 182 people.