Amalia Hadjiyianni, Scientific Director of the Famagusta and Larnaca hospitals, expressed her satisfaction from the vaccination scheme in Cyprus adding that we have achieved high levels of immunization. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency she said that all vaccines, not only the ones for COVID, need to be followed by a repeat dose since the immunity lasts for a specific period of time.
She said that right now 42 patients are getting treatment in the Reference Hospital in Famagusta and six of them are in the ACU. The youngest patient is 31 years old and the oldest 89 and the median age is 56 years. Hadjiyianni also said that approximately 83% of the patients are not vaccinated.
Ten patients are hospitalized in Larnaka General Hospital and 136 are in EDEN Rehab Center.
She said that there is an international concern as regards the transmissibility of the Delta and Delta plus variants , adding that the protection the vaccines offer towards the variants is fading as time passes and therefore we need to keep on practising the self protection measures. She noted however that all the vaccines are efficient and save lives.
Hadjiyianni said that as we reach the Fall and with the opening of schools and more intense activities and gatherings indoors, there is a certain degree of concern, adding that Winter is a critical period.
Source: Cyprus News Agency