Tag Archives: self-tests

Double self-tests that detect both Covid-19 and Flu have arrived in Greece and have been distributed to pharmacies, media report on Friday. The double self-tests recognize if someone is sick with coronavirus or influenza type A and B or with both diseases at the same time. The tests are done …

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Student’s parents and pharmacist have been complaining since early Saturday morning that there are no more self-tests available even though they are mandatory for students before they go to school again on Monday, January 10, after the Christmas holidays. According to a recent government decision, the self-tests for students and …

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Greece offers two free self-tests to all citizens over the Christmas and New Year holidays and abandons the idea of a “Rapid test for vaccinated in restaurants and closed entertainment facilities.” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Tuesday, that citizens with social security number (AMKA) will be eligible to two …

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Distribution of self-tests free of charge starts today, Monday, in Greece with the aim of a better recording of Covid-19 pandemic in the country and to avoid the spread during the festive season. Eligible for one free self-test to be obtained at a pharmacy are adult citizens, vaccinated and unvaccinated, …

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The Greek Health Ministry on Friday announced that two free self-tests will be provided for unvaccinated individuals returning from their holidays. These tests will be available in pharmacies from August 30 until September 6, 2021. The measure was decided in the framework of a strong recommendation that people returning from …

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The Greek government has announced new measures to address the rapid spread of the Delta mutation and decided to make self-tests mandatory for those returning from the Greek islands to mainland or travel by boat even per sea taxi. According to a decision issued by the Ministry of Shipping and …

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Parents and teachers in primary and secondary education lost an injunction to end obligatory self-tests for schools, after a decision by the Council of State was finalized on Thursday. Greece’s top administrative court first heard an injunction filed by 50 parents and teachers on June 22. The group asked for …

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Vaccinated citizens will be free from the obligation to provide proof of a self-diagnostic coronavirus test for work or social activities as of July 1, Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office Akis Skertsos said on Saturday. Since April 12, some 27.5 million self-tests were distributed in Greece to 4.5 million …

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The free distribution of self tests from pharmacies ends on June 19, the Panhellenic Association of Pharmacists said on Tuesday. Speaking to Open TV, member of the board of the PAPh Thanassis Papathanassis, said “As a Panhellenic Pharmaceutical Association, we decided to extend the two-month free distribution of self-tests until …

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Greece’s Education Ministry announced on Thursday that Covid-19 self-tests in schools will be obligatory once per week and not twice. Regarding the students’ spring exams it is up to universities to decided whether they will take place in-person or remotely, the ministry statement said. In accordance with the recommendations of …

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Almost 3,000 pupils and teachers were tested positive in Covid-19 self-tests ahead of the schools reopening on Monday morning, SKAI TV reported. Covid-19 testing kits were distributed free of charge by pharmacies across the country to pupils and teachers in the last days. They had to register the test results …

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“Τhe green digital vaccination certificate, the rapid tests and self tests will be used for voyages with ferries,” Greece’s Shipping and Islands Police Minister Giannis Plakiotakis said on Tuesday. He said that ferries with cabins will start with 55% occupancy and 50% ferries without cabins. Health protocols will be reviewed …

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Labor Minister Kostis Hatzidakis and Deputy Health Minister Vassilis Kotzamanis announced on Wednesday that Covid-19 self-tests will be mandatory for several public and private sector workers starting on Monday, April 19, 2021. All these workers will have to self-test once per week to be allowed to attend their work duties. …

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The first Covid-19 self-tests were delivered at the pharmacies and Athens and Thessaloniki and pharmacists were surprised to see that they were not in individual kits but in bulk packages of 25 pieces. Speaking to media on Wednesday morning, pharmacists complained that it is they who will now have to …

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Delivery of Covid-19 self-tests to 11,000 pharmacies across Greece are scheduled to start tomorrow, Tuesday,and the plan is have them fully stocked at pharmacies by next Friday, April 9. The self-tests are distributed free of charge to the public. Priority will be given to school pupils aged 16-18 years old …

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Self-tests for Covid-19 will be mandatory for pupils and teachers when schools reopen and it will also be a prerequisite for those sitting university entrance exams in June, according to Education Ministry legislation included in a Health Ministry bill. The return to school in April will also depend on the …

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Individual self-tests for Covid-19 will be one of the major tools that will help the restart of the economy and reopening of schools in Greece, health authorities said on Friday. The tests will be available form April and will be mandatory for workers at specific sectors once per week. Mandatory …

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