Greece reports 2,144 cases of mutant COVID-19 strains in four months

Xinhua
12 Mar 2021, 01:14 GMT+10

ATHENS, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The number of cases attributed to COVID-19 variants in Greece has reached 2,144 in the past four months, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on Thursday.

Most of these cases, or 2,047, were attributed to the COVID-19 strain first identified in the United Kingdom, which is considered more contagious than the initial virus strain.

The country has also reported cases of the variant that first identified in South Africa.

The EODY on Thursday reported 2,570 new coronavirus infections and 51 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the tally since the start of the pandemic in Greece to 214,661 confirmed cases and 6,937 deaths.

Currently, 506 patients nationwide are on ventilators, while 1,457 have been discharged from intensive care units.

According to a survey carried out by the Metron Analysis polling firm, 83 percent of Greeks believe that vaccines can help bring the pandemic to an end.

As the world is struggling to contain the pandemic, vaccination is underway in an increasing number of countries with the already-authorized coronavirus vaccines. More than 1.2 million vaccine doses have already been administered in Greece, health officials said on Thursday.

Meanwhile, 263 candidate vaccines are still being developed worldwide -- 81 of them in clinical trials -- in countries including Germany, China, Russia, Britain, and the United States, according to information released by the World Health Organization on March 9.

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