10 new cases of coronavirus in Greece today and 1 death
coronavirus
14 May 2020
/ 18:40
ATHENS. It΄s not out of the question that coronavirus may become endemic and circulate like the common cold - Total number of deaths 156 - Total number of cases 2,770 - 24 patients intubated in ICUs
In today's update Prof. Sotiris Tsiodras said that there was one death and 10 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, taking the total to 2,770. 55.3% of these are males, 610 are connected to arrivals from abroad and 1,409 are from contacts with known cases.
24 patients remain intubated in ICUs, with an average age of 71. 10 are females and 96% have underlying health conditions or are over 70.
The total number of deaths is now 156, 26.3% of whom were females. The average age was 75 and 93.6% had underlying health conditions or were over 70.
90 patients have been discharged from ICU and to date 116,233 tests have been carried out.
Prof. Tsiodras referred to WHO's view that the virus may never disappear. He said that even after the discovery of a vaccine coronavirus could still continue to exist.
"When a virus like this appears for the first time and there is no immunity and no vaccine it is difficult to predict how long it will remain," he said. "We are still learning about the full extent of its effects beyond clinical pneumonia and therefore we need to contain it and tackle it. Just because in Greece we didn't allow it to spread in an uncontrolled way doesn't mean that we have have got rid of it."
"It's like a mission to the moon," Prof. Tsiodras said and added that "It΄s not out of the question that coronavirus may become endemic and circulate like the common cold."
He gave the example of measles: "We have successful vaccines for measles and yet it still hasn't disappeared completely - partly because of the mistrust for vaccines created by fake news."
24 patients remain intubated in ICUs, with an average age of 71. 10 are females and 96% have underlying health conditions or are over 70.
The total number of deaths is now 156, 26.3% of whom were females. The average age was 75 and 93.6% had underlying health conditions or were over 70.
90 patients have been discharged from ICU and to date 116,233 tests have been carried out.
Prof. Tsiodras referred to WHO's view that the virus may never disappear. He said that even after the discovery of a vaccine coronavirus could still continue to exist.
"When a virus like this appears for the first time and there is no immunity and no vaccine it is difficult to predict how long it will remain," he said. "We are still learning about the full extent of its effects beyond clinical pneumonia and therefore we need to contain it and tackle it. Just because in Greece we didn't allow it to spread in an uncontrolled way doesn't mean that we have have got rid of it."
"It's like a mission to the moon," Prof. Tsiodras said and added that "It΄s not out of the question that coronavirus may become endemic and circulate like the common cold."
He gave the example of measles: "We have successful vaccines for measles and yet it still hasn't disappeared completely - partly because of the mistrust for vaccines created by fake news."
