Tag Archives: unvaccinated

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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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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Unvaccinated workers of the public and private sectors in Greece will be obliged to have one rapid test of Covid-19 once a week, the Health Ministry has ruled. The rapid test for the uvaccinated workers remains mandatory until the end of the year, December 31, 2022. The rapid test costs …

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Greece’s public administration is lifting the measure of teleworking for state employees and citizens will be able to access the public services again, even without previous appointment. According to a circular issued by the Interior Ministry, public services will be fully operational with the personal presence of all the staff …

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Life in Greece will return to normal as of May 1, Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced on Wednesday adding that the measure of showing a Covid-Pass to enter facilities and retail stores will be lifted on May 1, while the measure of mandatory mask indoors will be abolished on June …

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Greece’s top court, the Council of State, has been called to decide whether the 100-euro monthly fine imposed to unvaccinated citizens over 60 is legal and conform with the country’s Constitution and the European Convention of Human Rights. Several citizens over 60, unvaccinated against Covid-19, appealed to the CoS demanding …

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Only 14 percent of unvaccinated Greeks aged over 60 have paid the administrative fine imposed by the government in January, according to data from the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE). Holdouts were fined 100 euros a month (in January the fine was 50 euros as the measure went into …

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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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People who become reinfected with Covid-19 and have not been vaccinated against the virus will no longer be eligible for a certificate of recovery, professor Vana Papaevangelou  and member of the health Ministry epidemiologists’ committee said at the weekly live briefing on Thursday. She stressed that the specific group of …

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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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People who test positive to the coronavirus after a rapid test do not need to follow it up with a molecular PCR test, unless they are unvaccinated and want a certificate they have contracted the virus, Alternate Health Ministry Mina Gaga said on Thursday. “Because there are many infections right …

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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 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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Veteran journalist, publisher and founder of the marginal party Free People Giorgos Tragkas died in Covid-ICU at a hospital in Athens early on Tuesday. He was 72 years old. He was suffering from diabetes and he was not vaccinated. He was admitted to the hospital on December 4 with serious …

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The next few days are especially critical for the course of the pandemic in Greece and health experts warn of a coronavirus nightmare expecting the culmination of covid-19 infections before Christmas. While the government already put in force more restrictions for unvaccinated citizens, there are scenarios circulating about the Plan …

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The Holy Synod of the Greek Church said on Monday that churches cannot ensure compliance of the faithful with the government measures to contain the spread of Covid-19. The new restrictions in force since Monday morning, November 22, oblige the unvaccinated to show a negative Rapid test before entering churches. …

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Greece on Monday introduced a wide range of new restrictions aimed at curbing a COVID-19 infection spike that has pushed the rate of death to nearly double the European Union average. A government order went into effect through Dec. 6, mandating masks at all workplaces, staggering opening hours in the …

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A dangerous thus unethical proposal that “unvaccinated citizens should pay for their Covid-treatment in hospitals” was made by the President of the Panhellenic Medical Association Thanassis Exadaktylos. The statement triggered an outrage among the medical community and social media users. Speaking to Skai TV, he said that “unvaccinated citizens sick …

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