The fact is the first death from the variant "Omicron" in Greece.
According to MEGA's information, the patient who was hospitalized at "Sotiria" was elderly with an underlying disease and had been intubated. More specifically, the deceased was battling cancer.
In fact, it is worth noting that she had not been vaccinated against coronavirus.
Mina Gaga's reference to the "Omicron" intubated patients
Earlier, the "Omicron" intubated patients were mentioned by Deputy Minister of Health, Mina Gaga in today's briefing on coronavirus.
To date, two cases of intubated patients with the new variant have been identified in health facilities in Greece, Ganga made known.
As the deputy health minister explained, one of the two cases was an accidental finding, as the intubation was done for another reason. The second case involved a woman.
"These are the two cases that we know of in all hospitalizations in the units, we have no other strains," she added.
However, she clarified that "we have not checked all intubated patients for Delta or Omicron strains. But in the inpatient units at Evangelism and Salvation, which are two large units that we have checked, these are."
No complacency
He then added that we cannot be complacent in thinking that patients cannot end up because of the Omicron variant, as every year, even from influenza, which is a virus that we have been living with for years, we have hundreds of thousands of deaths.
So people who are vulnerable, who have coexisting diseases or who are old are likely to end up with an infection. "We cannot think that Omicron does not cause death," Mina Gaga stressed.
It is important, particularly for vulnerable groups - meaning people who are immunosuppressed, some kind of deficiency or over 60 and who make up the majority of the patients we see hospitalized - to be vaccinated, she added.
On monoclonal antibodies
When asked about whether monoclonal antibodies are currently being used in patients in ICUs and whether they are effective against the Omicron variant, the pulmonologist pointed out that: "What we brought has all been given and the platform has been closed."
The deputy minister clarified that at the moment the treatment with pills against the disease is starting. "The platform opens by tomorrow I think," she added.
Asked if more monoclonal antibodies will be coming for this kind of treatment from now on, Mina Gaga said: "At the moment it is considered best to continue with the pills."
Source: in.gr
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