Booster shots are being delivered by taxi as the country races to shore up its defenses before the widely expected impact of the omicron variant.
Preliminary data indicates Moderna's booster offers a “robust” antibody response. Antibodies can help to neutralize COVID-19 and its variants.ATHENS, Greece -- Long before the pandemic and mobile apps, Greeks took pride in their delivery culture, the ease with which hot meals, repaired items, coffees and cold beers could appear in minutes by motorbike or carried on a hanging tray.
“I would get it at the but I have terrible pains and I can’t even sit in the car,” Louka told The Associated Press from her home in the capital’s northern Halandri district. “I just do what the doctors tell me: I get my shots and I take my meds.”
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