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Generic medication with the same therapeutic value is fully available for children, Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Wednesday, seeking to reassure parents about shortages, particularly of inhalers and syrups. In a press conference, the health minister said, “I understand parents’ concerns, and what I am saying is that there …

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Greece’s health minister Thanos Plevris announced on Friday that the 300-euros fines to unvaccinated citizens over 60 years old will be cancelled if they vaccinated against Covid-19 later. Speaking to ANT1 TV, Plevris said that “those 300,000 citizens, who paid the fine and were vaccinated later, the money will be …

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Greece will not experience lockdown-type restrictions of movement and activities again and the government does not intend to impose restrictive measures in the autumn and in winter, Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Tuesday. “We believe that it will not be necessary to impose measures and, in the case it …

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Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Plevris said that the protocol for recording deaths from coronavirus is being redefined. The National Health Care Organization EODY will record Covid-19 deaths according to some criteria such as a positive test, pneumonia and respiratory infection and calculate the pandemic deaths accordingly., Plevris said that Greece …

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“The transmission of coronavirus does not take place in closed spaces,” claimed Greece’s health minister Thanos Plevris on Monday, while the daily briefing by the National Health Care Organization EODY was halted amid the summer wave of the pandemic with around 20,000 infections daily and over 20 corona-related deaths in …

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No measures against the coronavirus, no lockdown locally, despite the increase of the daily infections, Greece Health Minister Thanos Plevris assured on Wednesday morning, a day after daily infections and reinfections reached almost 24,000. He added that from the autumn onward, the government will proceed with the logic of “coexistence …

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“There will be a new summer wave of coronavirus infections that will not affect us,” Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Thursday, adding, however that “new restrictions will not be  will not be necessary.” “We expected this increase and it makes sense given the presence of variants that are more …

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Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced on Wednesday that  the mandatory use of masks indoors in all areas will be suspended from June 1 to September 15, 2022. Masks will no longer be obligatory in all transport with numbered seats such as airplanes, trains, Intercity Buses (KTEL) as well as …

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Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Wednesday that the decision for the lifting of mandatory use of mask indoors will be taken on June 1, 2022. The decision will depend on the course of the pandemic in the country, Minister Plevris added in an interview with Skai FM. Greece …

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The use of mask indoors will remain mandatory for at least the whole month of May and the epidemiological situation in Greece will decide whether the measure will be lifted afterwards, Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Thursday morning. “We do not know (when the mask will be removed). The …

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More freedom for vaccinated citizens will come by the end of March, health minister Thanos Plevris said on Monday morning adding that unvaccinated citizens will have to live longer with restrictions against the spread of the coronavirus. Speaking to ANT1 TV, Plevris said “There is still no discussion about lifting …

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Greece ‘s Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced on Wednesday more restrictions in restaurants and entertainment venues and New Year’s Eve parties without music. Furthermore, the Minister added that the measures against Covid-19 that were scheduled to be implemented from January 3 will go into force tomorrow, Thursday, December 30. The …

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Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Plevris warned on Tuesday morning that the number of new coronavirus infections will be “over 15,000 today,” a day after infections broke an all times record with 9.284 cases on Monday. The minister revealed that the epidemiologists’ committee will meet tomorrow Wednesday to decided whether the …

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Health Minister Thanos Plevris saod on Wednesday that the government is considering a new “framework of restrictive measures” against Covid-19 after the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Speaking at the Plenary of the Parliament Plevris stressed that the Epidemiologists’ Committee that is meeting today will make its recommendations and the …

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Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Thursday that unvaccinated minors will have to show a negative self-test for Covid-19 in order to enter venues with mixed -vaccinated and unvaccinated – customers as the new measures go into effect on Saturday, November 6. Speaking to ANT1 TV, Plevris said that …

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The number of the unvaccinated citizens, particularly those over 60 years old, remains a major headache for the health ministry, Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Monday while speaking on MEGA TV. He emphasized that vaccination remains the only viable strategy against Covid at present, as possible treatments were still …

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Greece’s newly appointed Health Minister Thanos Plevris apologized to the Jewish people and asserted he opposes any form of anti-Semitism. Plevris posted his apology on social media on Wednesday afternoon, following pressure by the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS). Plevris said that he distances himself from his …

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The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) has expressed its concern for the appointment of Thanos Plevris as Minister of Health. KIS wants that Plevris apologize for previous statements denying the Holocaust. In a statement issued on Wednesday, just a day after Plevris appointment, the KIS said: “The …

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Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias expressed his certainty that Greece will be able to build a satisfactory ‘wall of immunity’ during the summer if deliveries from the pharmaceutical companies arrive on schedule. All vaccines coming to the country are immediately sent to the vaccination centers,” the minister said. Kikilias emphasized that …

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All citizens over 60 will be inoculated by May, Greece’s Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Tuesday. He also expressed concern about the course of the pandemic in the country in general and in Attica in particular. “I am particularly concerned about the progress of the disease in Attica and …

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