Tag Archives: health workers

Unvaccinated health staff – except doctors – who return to work as of 1. January  2023, must wear a high-protection mask and submit two coronavirus tests a week, the Health Ministry announced on Wednesday. The protocol refers to unvaccinated nurses, administrative personnel and other hospital staff except doctors. Doctors, nurses, …

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Unvaccinated health workers of the National Health Care system will return to work under a strict protocol that will include regular rapid testing. The return is reportedly scheduled on January 1, 2023, almost 15 months after thousands of doctors, nurses and administrative personnel were sent home for refusing to not …

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Greece’s highest court, the Council of State, dropped a ‘bomb’ and opened the doors for the return of health workers who refused to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Bomba – CoE: The extension of the compulsory vaccination of workers in health structures is unconstitutional Bomba – CoE: The extension of the …

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Unvaccinated health workers must get vaccination against Covid-19 by March 31 or they will be fired from Greece’s national health system (ESY), Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Monday. In an interview with Skai TV, he reiterated that they will remain suspended until that date. He added that “by that …

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Doctors and nurses at Penteli Children’s Hospital protested against the decision of the Health Ministry to turn the hospital to a mega vaccination center for children and to shut down emergency care for children in the upcoming weeks and thus amid the pandemic. Local residents in eastern Attica and representatives …

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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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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced an extra Christmas bonus to health workers, low-pensioners and people with disabilities who receive allowance. The extra bonus is aiming to absorb price hikes for the benefit of those combating the pandemic and the vulnerable groups of the society. The bonus is one off payment. …

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The Greek government has decided to offer a third dose of a vaccine against Covid-19 to people aged over 60 and health workers. Τhe booster shot in Greece will be following a recommendation of the National Vaccination Committee and will not be compulsory. 10,000 people in the country have received …

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The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a Greek request for interim measures against the compulsory vaccination against Covid-19. The request was lodged by 30 health workers in Greece. The ECHR reasoning and decision as in a relevant press release: Request for interim measures against Greece concerning compulsory vaccination …

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Almost 6,500 health care workers and 500 ambulance service members have been suspended from their jobs over their failure to meet a deadline to vaccinate themselves against Covid-19, the health minister said on Friday. Thanos Plevris told MPs that of the 6,412 healthcare workers who are suspended for not getting …

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A total of 5,895 notices for work suspension have been handed out so far to workers in the private and public health sectors who refuse to be vaccinated. The suspension notices are issued by the hosptal and facilities managements. The deadline for their compulsory vaccination against Covid-19 expired on Wednesday. …

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The mass vaccination of Greece’s government officials who take the place of health workers and vulnerable groups has reached the dimensions of a scandal. The mass vaccination of front-line health workers at Sotiria hospital in Athens, the flagship in the country’s battle against the virus since March, scheduled for today, …

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Greece’s health authorities are increasingly concerned about a spike of coronavirus infections among the health workers in the country’s hospitals. Infected are doctors and nurses, even in clinics designated to deal with Covid-19 patients only. According to the union of hospital workers POEDIN, 70 health workers have been tested positive …

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With the coronavirus outbreak heading towards its peak in Greece, many health workers need free housing for several reasons. Some have been deployed to hospitals away from home and in other regions, others want to live alone in order to protect their families, especially the vulnerable family members. An initiate …

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