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Dozens more hospitals across Greece have been receiving batches of the Covid-19 vaccines on Monday. in a vaccination program scheduled to be completed in three phases. 42 more hospitals are being added to the nine hospitals that already carry out vaccinations since the end of 2020. First vaccines arrived at …

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Doctors unions in Greece have been denouncing that the mass vaccination program for health personnel in the country’s public hospitals scheduled for Monday has been cancelled and thus without explanation. The government tries to dismiss these denouncements, but doctors insist. Speaking to Ant1 TV on Sunday morning, Matina Pagoni, president …

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The mass vaccination of dozens of government and state officials that triggered an outrage in the Greek society did not age well. The fiasco of giving immunization priority to high- and low-ranking politicians and wannabe politicians and even their relatives over health-workers forced Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to stop the …

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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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A god-given coincidence? A nurse with surname Theoulis – Little God – gave the Bishop of Nafpaktos the Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday. Speaking to media on Monday morning, Bishop of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios Ierotheors revealed the “incredible coincidence” as he said, that the name of the nurse who gave …

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Eftsathia Kampisiouli, chief nurse at the Intensive Care Unit of Evangelismos hospital in Athens, was the first Greek to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19. She was followed by an 88-year-old care home resident and the political leadership of the country who received the Covid-vaccine in a symbolical move aiming …

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Not one, not two, not ten or twelve but a total of 45 government officials are on top of the priority list for the vaccine against the Covid-19 in Greece. These precious members of our society are deemed “crucial for the functioning of the state.” Among them are the President …

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The platform on which the general population will be able to book their vaccination appointments once the Covid-19 jabs arrive in Greece will open in mid-January, Health Ministry Secretary General for Primary Health Care, Marios Themistokleous, said at Monday’s briefing on the government’s upcoming vaccination program. Doctors and nurses at the …

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European Union countries could begin coronavirus inoculations as soon as this year, the head of the European Commission said on Tuesday. The statement by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen followed the EU drug regulator’s decision to bring forward its possible approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to Dec. …

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Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias presented on Wednesday Greece’s national plan for the vaccination of the population with the vaccine against Covid-19. The vaccines will be those supplied via the European Union that will distribute them to member states at the same time. Vaccines supply via the EU that has signed …

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At least six doctors working at major public hospitals in Athens have been infected with the measles virus  as new cases of the highly contagious disease are been recorded in Greece on a daily basis. According to information of  news website in.gr, all infected doctors were born after 1970, which …

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Seasonal flu has reached alarming levels in Greece, as the number of deaths increased to 60 during the last days.This is a new record in IMF-hit country, with doctors blaming vaccine and antiviral drugs shortages. According to data from the Center for Disease Control (KEELPNO) as of 11 am Monday, …

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