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Greece makes mandatory vaccination for all over 60 or €100 monthly fine (POLL)

November 30, 2021 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED 31

Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Tuesday that vaccination against Ccovid-19 becomes mandatory for all those aged over 60 years old. Those who remain unvaccinated will be fined with 100 euros on a monthly basis. Speaking at a cabinet meeting the Greek PM said that there are currently 580,000 …

Self-tests for minors in Greece’s mixed venues as of Sat, Nov 6

November 5, 2021 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED 1

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 …

Young passengers on domestic flights to Greek islands with self-test only, says CAA

July 28, 2021 FEATURED, Tourism Comments Off on Young passengers on domestic flights to Greek islands with self-test only, says CAA

Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced that young passengers aged 12-17 who travel to Greek islands from mainland airports on domestic flights can board by providing a negative self-test conducted within 24 hours before travel. The age group 12-17 is determined for those born before 1. July 2009. Children below …

Inter-regional travel in Greece with self-test or vaccination certificate

May 6, 2021 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED 12

Greece’s government spokeswoman Aristotelia Peloni said that travel between regions will only be allowed with a negative self-test or a vaccination certificate. Peloni was speaking to Skai TV on Wednesday on the lifting of the ban on inter-regional travel scheduled for May 15, 2021, when the country will also open …

Student’s mother sues school claiming Covid self-tests were harmful UPD

April 15, 2021 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED 13

Α student’s mother filed a law suit against the principal of a lyceum in Thessaloniki to protest the mandatory Covid-19 self-tests for students. She claimed that the self-tests were harmful and insisted that her 15-year-old son attends in-person classes despite the law provision that students without testing at home are …

Foreign students promised AMKA ahead of schools opening with mandatory self-test

April 8, 2021 CORONAVIRUS Comments Off on Foreign students promised AMKA ahead of schools opening with mandatory self-test

Students who are foreign nationals will be issued a provisional social security identification number (AMKA) so they can buy a self-testing kit ahead of the reopening of schools on Monday, a senior official of the Education Ministry told Kathimerini on Thursday, responding to complaints from private schools that several pupils …

Lyceums in Greece open on April 12 with 2 self-tests per week (testing video)

April 7, 2021 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED 2

Students of the last three high school grades – lyceums- will return to classrooms as of Monday, April 12, 2021, Greece’s Education Minister Niki Kerameos announced on Wednesday. During the regular live briefing on the pandemic, Kerameos said that grades 10-12 were the first to return to class because they …

Greece decision to hand out Covid-19 self-test kits creates lots of confusion

March 22, 2021 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED 10

Greece will start distributing free do-it-yourelf COVID-19 tests next month, the government said on Saturday, as it seeks to alleviate pressure on a healthcare system facing a stubbornly high level of new infections. Everyone with a social security number (ΑΜΚΑ) will be entitled to four of the test kits per …

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