Over 4 thousand citizens who fall within the population groups where the 4th dose is recommended have rushed to vaccination centres over the past few days to complete their vaccination regimen.
The process is proceeding slowly but officials expect an increase in rates in the coming period.
Speaking to the Cyprus Times, the deputy director of the Health Ministry's Nursing Services, Evagoras Tabouris, said that "there is interest but it is definitely not 100%."
"We can see that there is some hesitation and we cannot ignore the fact that many people have fallen ill and are waiting for the necessary period to pass," he noted.
Tabouris explained that in the last few days, vaccination programmes have started in rooftop clinics nationwide, while vaccinations are expected to proceed in some other categories of patients and health professionals, programmes that are expected to bring an increase in rates.
Asked about the new relaxations that have come into effect and whether they create a sense of security and reinforce in the minds of citizens that the hard times are over in terms of the severity of the disease, given the milder mutations, Mr. At the same time, he stressed that "what the whole process reveals is that people who have been vaccinated become ill with much milder symptoms, and we can see this in the number of hospital admissions, in intensive care units and in the number of deaths."
At the same time, he stressed that "what the whole process reveals is that people who have been vaccinated become ill with much milder symptoms, and we can see this in the number of hospital admissions, in intensive care units and in the number of deaths.
As noted by the Deputy Director of Nursing Services at the Ministry of Health, "vaccination centers are operating normally, ready at any time to serve anyone wishing to complete or continue their vaccination," he noted, adding that it is a given that every citizen will benefit from vaccination rather than going unvaccinated.
Continuous flow of students to vaccination centres
With regard to the other groups of the population, namely under 18, Mr Tabouris said that there is a continuous flow of students to vaccination centres. "In the 16-17 age group the rate has exceeded 61.1%, so we are approaching the general population rate of 75%, which is where we want to be," he said.
Moreover, in the 12-15 age group the vaccination rate is about 51.1%, while in the 5-11 age group it is 10.7%.
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