Original title: 3279 new confirmed cases in Greece experts emphasize the importance of vaccination
Beijing, October 21 (Xinhua) according to the Greek times, on the evening of October 20 local time, the Greek National Public Health Organization announced that in the past 24 hours, 3279 new crown confirmed cases in Greece, with a total of 704211 confirmed cases; There were 38 new deaths, with a total of 15485 deaths.
It is reported that at noon on October 20 local time, sodiris chiodras, a top epidemiologist in Greece, attended the emergency meeting held by the Greek Ministry of health, responded to the problems faced by Greece during the epidemic and stressed the importance of vaccination.
At the meeting, ziodras' speech widely cited a study on antibodies and immunity of vaccinated and diseased individuals carried out in major hospitals in Greece. The study was mainly led by him and has been published.
For some vaccinated people who are still infected with COVID-19, he responded that this does not mean that the vaccine is ineffective. Vaccinated people have an 11 times lower risk of severe illness than unvaccinated people. According to data analysis, since the Greek vaccination program, vaccination has avoided about 8400 deaths, 5560 severe cases and 5530 cases requiring intubation treatment.
At the same time, he also stressed that the vaccine is very effective for all ages in avoiding people suffering from severe diseases. Vaccination can not only reduce the risk of severe diseases in the elderly, but also be effective for young people.
Referring to the delta variant, ziodras said that even in the case of the spread of the delta variant, the vaccine can still provide protection for the people and avoid severe diseases. (Tan Shuyin)