The Reference Hospital is 90% full, with 39 patients being treated, 8 of whom are in the Intensive Care Unit, because they need closer monitoring. The youngest patient with coronavirus is 24 years old and the oldest is 97, both without a history of vaccination, Amalia Hatzigianni, Scientific Director of Larnaca-Famagusta Hospitals, told KYPE. Dr. Hatzigianni also pointed out that the vaccine plays a major role in the fight against coronavirus.
He also noted that "the average age of patients treated at the Referral Hospital is 66 years, while 80% of patients are not vaccinated. At the moment, there is no hospitalization of a patient in the Hospital with the Omicron mutation, since in all the admissions, a molecular test is performed ".
According to Ms. Hatzigianni, "today 23 patients are being treated at Larnaca Hospital, three of whom are at the MAF, while the Eden Rehabilitation Center in Tersefanou is hosting 60 people, who will remain until their complete negativity."
Answering a relevant question, Ms. Hatzigianni said that "yesterday afternoon 4 discharges were given to patients whose repeat tests for coronavirus are negative. "Among the discharges is the 22-year-old man who was hospitalized in the MAF" he said and added that "a person was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit of the General Hospital of Nicosia".
He also stated that "recently the number of patients treated at the Referral Hospital has no history of vaccination. "The virus is not transmitted to anyone, we do not yet know how dangerous the new Omicron mutation is, which seems to be much more contagious than the others."
Ms. Hatzigianni called on the people "to continue to strictly observe the rules of hygiene, ie distances, mask and antiseptic. Great role in the battle against him Covid-19 plays the vaccine, which at the moment, seems to be the only thing that protects ".
To another question he answered that "despite the admission of patients with coronavirus and the daily increase of cases, the continuous flow of the public in the Vaccination Centers gives a note of optimism and hope. In recent weeks, the public goes to the Vaccination Centers, either by making an appointment through the Vaccination Portal or in the Walk-In, to receive the 1st, 2nd and 3rd dose of the vaccine ".
At the same time, he noted, "the messages received from the start of the vaccination of children aged 5-11 are also optimistic. "Yesterday, Friday, December 17, 30 vaccinations of children of this age group were performed at the Famagusta Health Center".