Public health authorities issue figures for non-vaxxed patients treated in ICUs for Covid; 91.42% on Mon

Greece’s National Public Health Organization (EODY) on Monday, for the first time, publicly released statistics on the number and percentage of intubated patients treated for acute Covid-19 symptoms in the country who are and are not vaccinated for the virus.

The development comes as the Mitsotakis government continues to employ a “carrot and stick” approach to try to get more people vaccinated, with the goal being a fully vaccinated population, along with those that have been previously stricken by the virus, above the 70 percent mark, in the country of roughly 11 million residents.

Specifically, out of the 338 patients intubated patients treated in hospital ICUs for Covid-19 as of Monday, 309 (91.42 percent) have not received a vaccination (the vast majority) or have received only one of a two-dose vaccine.

The figure leaves only 29 patients (8.58 percent) in ICUs who are fully vaccinated.

According to public health authorities, the figures will now be released on a daily basis – along with the number of new infections, ICU cases and related fatalities – in order to quash the dissemination of fake news regarding the pandemic and vaccinations.

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