Greece registers first death of fully vaccinated patient against COVID-19 without major symptoms. This was stated by an employee of one of the leading hospitals in the country.
“We have the first death of a fully vaccinated patient. This was the first of 13,000 deaths in Greece,” said Nikos Capravelos, director of one of the intensive care units at Papanikolaou Hospital in Thessaloniki.
The man, described by Greek media as a 70-year-old dentist, had no serious health symptoms, Capravelos said. He followed all precautions, and his wife and children were also vaccinated.
More than 13,200 people have died from the virus in Greece, with an average age of 78.
There are fears that the return of hundreds of thousands of tourists to the cities in the autumn will cause a fourth pandemic wave in the country.
New cases of coronavirus jumped last week, reaching more than 4,000 on Wednesday from about 2,800 the previous week.
Some outbreaks of infection have been reported on the Greek islands. Mykonos entered the curfew in July after a storm of cases. Similar restrictions have been imposed in Zakynthos and two Crete cities in recent days.
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