October 7, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
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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April 5, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s National Vaccination Committee gave the green light for the 4th dose of vaccination against Covid-19 for citizens over 60 years old as well as for vulnerable groups including children. “Those who got sick with Covid after the third dose (booster shot) will not need the fourth dose,” Committee’s president …
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March 23, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Alternate Health Minister Mina Gaga said on Wednesday that the fine of 100 euros for unvaccinated citizens over 60 years old will be abolished next month. The fine was practically making mandatory the vaccination against COVId-19 for citizens over a certain age. Speaking to Skai TV on Wednesday, Gaga confirmed …
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March 1, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The Greek government proceeded with the fine on unvaccinated citizens over 60 years old, despite the economic bottleneck due to the energy prices and the global instability due to the Russian war in Ukraine. The fines for 317,962 people over 60 for the month of January have been booked, and …
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December 1, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The Greek government tabled an amendment enacting the mandatory vaccination of all citizens in the country aged over 60 years old. The amendment attached to a bill of the Health Ministry was submitted to the Parliament on Wednesday morning and is scheduled to be voted later on the day. According …
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November 24, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism, Travel
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis proposed to European Commission that booster shot with vaccines against Covid-19 becomes a “precondition” for a valid EU digital certificate for traveling citizens aged over 60. In a letter sent to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday, Mitsotakis proposed that a third dose …
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September 30, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
People aged over 60 and healthcare workers who have fully completed their vaccination at least six months earlier can visit the online platform and book appointments for a booster shot of the vaccine against Covid-19. The platform to book an appointment opened on Thursday, September 30, 2021. According to health …
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September 20, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
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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June 14, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The Greek National Vaccination Committee has changed its policy and strongly recommends that the AstraZeneca vaccine be administered to persons over the age of 60, its chairwoman Maria Theodoridou said on Monday during a regular coronavirus pandemic briefing. The pediatrician said that AstraZeneca’s vaccine is currently being administered to people …
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June 7, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Health experts warn of a fourth pandemic wave in Greece if those over 60 remain inoculated and the corona-parties continue throughout the summertime. The president of the Athens-Piraeus Hospital Doctors, Matina Pagoni, appealed to citizens over 60 years old to be vaccinated in order for the country to avoid a …
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