Sotiris Tsiodras
Sotiris Tsiodras | |
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Leader of team charged with managing the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Greece Government liaison officer on coronavirus pandemic | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sydney, Australia | 13 October 1965
Nationality | Greek |
Spouse | Mina |
Children | 7 |
Alma mater | University of Athens |
Profession | Physician; internist; infectious disease specialist |
Sotiris Tsiodras (
Early years and education
Tsiodras was born on 13 October 1965 in
Medical career
In 1993, Tsiodras was assigned to the 401 General Military Hospital of Athens
In 2003, he defended
COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
In 2020, the government appointed a group of experts to coordinate the country's management of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Greece.[7] Tsiodras was appointed as the team's leader as well as the government's communications liaison for the COVID-19 health crisis.[8][9] In December 2021, a study on the management of the fight against the disease in Greece, co-written by Tsiodras and Theodore Lytras, assistant professor of
Accusations and threats
During the
They were proved to be without merit since the chair person of the 2009 epidemic committee was another professor, while Tsiodras had been appointed as a
During the covid pandemic in Greece, several scientists received death threats and were the target of fake news.[19][20][21]
Media coverage
Personal life
Tsiodras is a practicing
See also
References
- ^ "'Προσευχόμαστε γιά το παιδί μας': Οι γονείς τού Σωτήρη Τσιόδρα μιλούν γιά τον γιό τους" ['We are praying for our child': Sotiris Tsiodras' parents talks about their son]. Arcadia portal (in Greek). Greece. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Κορωνοϊός: Ποιος είναι ο λοιμωξιολόγος Σωτήρης Τσιόδρας που κέρδισε την εμπιστοσύνη των Ελλήνων" [Coronavirus: Who is the Greek infectiologist who has won the trust of Greeks]. I Efimerida (in Greek). Athens. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "401 Hospital". General Military Hospital of Athens.
- ^ "O 'στρατηγός' της Ελλάδας στη μάχη κατά του Covid-19" [Greece's 'general' in the battle against Covid-19]. Naftemporiki (in Greek). 30 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Sydney-born immunologist Sotiris Tsiodras, the 'voice' of coronavirus in Greece". New World. Australia. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- hdl:10442/hedi/13581.
- Huffington Post(in Greek). Athens. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "'Nick Hard' and the soft-spoken professor keeping Greeks virus-safe". Radio France Internationale. Paris. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b Stevis-Gridneff, Matina (5 April 2020). "The Rising Heroes of the Coronavirus Era? Nations' Top Scientists". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- S2CID 245132206.
- ^ "Study sounds alarm over hospital mortality rate among Covid-19 patients". Kathimerini. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Covid-19: Κόλαφος για την κυβέρνηση μελέτη για την αυξημένη θνητότητα εκτός ΜΕΘ" [Covid-19: Study of mortality rate outside ICUs slap for government]. EfSyn (in Greek). 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ Newsroom. "Tsiodras decries political exploitation of science after study row | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Greece to vaccinate entire population for new flu". Reuters. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ Tsolis, Zois (3 January 2010). "Το σκάνδαλο με τα εμβόλια" [The vaccine scandal]. To Vima (in Greek). Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Παρήγγειλαν εμβόλια για… δυόμισι Ελλάδες". TVXS - TV Χωρίς Σύνορα (in Greek). 27 February 2018.
- ^ Fyndanidou, Elena (26 November 2011). "Ενα εκατομμύριο εμβόλια στα σκουπίδια" [One million vaccines in the trash]. To Vima (in Greek). Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Αβραμόπουλος για Novartis: H ιστορία έληξε, η Δικαιοσύνη μίλησε" [Avramopoulos on Novartis: The case ended, Justice has spoken]. To Vima (in Greek). 10 February 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- S2CID 238858471.
- S2CID 238858485.
- ^ O'Grady, Cathleen (24 March 2022). "'Overwhelmed by hate': COVID-19 scientists face an avalanche of abuse, survey shows". Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ Kefalas, Alexia (20 March 2020). "L'infectiologue Sotirios Tsiodras, nouvelle coqueluche des Grecs" [Infectologist Sotiris Tsiodras, the new main man of the Greeks]. Le Figaro (in French).
- ^ "Sydney-born immunologist Sotiris Tsiodras, the 'voice' of coronavirus in Greece". Neos Kosmos. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ Martens, Michael (3 May 2020). "Ein Arzt für alle Griechen" [A doctor for all Greeks]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 February 2021.
The country is doing well in the fight against the virus. The success has a name: Sotiris Tsiodras.
- ^ "Ποια είναι η σύζυγος του Σωτήρη Τσιόδρα - Η σπάνια κοινή τους εμφάνιση" [Who is the wife of Sotiris Tsiodras - Their rare appearance together]. Tempo24 (in Greek). 22 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
External links
- Greek Ministry of Health official website (in Greek)