omicron variant

BA.2 may cause more severe symptoms compared to omicron

What to know about the BA.2 subvariant of the omicron variant Scientists have new evidence that the BA.2 subvariant of…

20 February 2022

MOLNUPIRAVIR: Greece starts giving anti-viral pills to Covid positive patients

Greece will start giving anti-viral pills as of next week to people in high-risk groups aged 18+ who have tested…

28 January 2022

Double dose not as effective against Omicron variant

The president of the National Vaccination Committee, Maria Theodoridou, said Monday that the effectiveness of the two-dose vaccines against Omicron…

4 January 2022

United States and European Union to donate 1.7 billion vaccine doses worldwide

The United States and the European Union are set to donate some 1.7 billion vaccine doses around the world by…

31 December 2021

Greece could reach up to 100,000 new COVID-19 cases a day

Professor of Pathology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Patras, Charalambos Gogo, spoke about the rapid spread of COVID-19's…

30 December 2021

70% of daily COVID-19 cases in Attica are the Omicron variant

Experts and the government are anxiously watching the rapid course of the mutated Omicron strain in Greece as they try…

28 December 2021

November 2021 arrivals to Greece increased by over 500% (!) compared to previous period

Travel traffic rose by 344.25% in November 2021 compared to November 2020, and arrivals from abroad rose by a whopping…

21 December 2021

Five known cases of Omicron mutation in Greece

Five cases of the new COVID-19 omicron mutation have been found in Greece, said president of the Scientific Council of…

14 December 2021

Novavax announced it could start making Omicron distinctive vaccines in January

Laboratory data anticipated in the coming weeks will show whether antibodies from individuals who have previously received Novavax’s Covid-19 shot…

3 December 2021

Greece's first case of Omicron COVID-19 variant located in Crete

The Omicron mutation of COVID-19, as expected, has arrived in Greece. As announced by the Minister of Health Thanos Plevris,…

2 December 2021

Why WHO skipped two Greek letters to name new Covid-19 variant Omicron

While choosing a name for the variants of SARS-CoV2, the World Health Organisation has so far leapt two letters of…

30 November 2021

First image of the new COVID-19 Omicron strain

Italian scientists have unveiled the world's first image of the spike protein (also known as protein S) of the new…

29 November 2021

Botswana: Greeks living in the country looking for a way to leave for Christmas

Greeks living in Botswana have expressed concern about the new mutation found on the African continent. It is noted that…

29 November 2021

Greece puts five people who travelled from South Africa in Isolation

Five Greek Citizens, who arrived from south African countries via a stopover in the United Arab Emirates, have been placed…

28 November 2021

WHO classifies new COVID-19 variant as "Omicron"

The World Health Organization (WHO) assigned the Greek letter Omicron to a newly identified COVID-19 variant in South Africa on…

27 November 2021

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