Penalty on unvaccinated citizens over 60 to be suspended

The 100-euros penalty on citizens over 60 that remain unvaccinated will be suspended on April 15. The measures will be re-examined in September, Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced on Wednesday.

“Shortly, the experts committee will convene, where there will be a presentation of the government’s overall plan for easing the measures and the timing of the lifting of measures as regards testing, entrance to indoor areas and the need for a vaccination certificate in order to get in these places. The government will decide according to the committee’s suggestions,” Plevris said.

Obligatory vaccination for private and public healthcare staff extended

The obligatory vaccination of staff in private and public healthcare facilities has been extended until December 2022, according to a regulation included in a Health Ministry draft law for the approval of a new Stavros Niarchos Foundation donation to the Hospital of Sparti.

Also extended, until June 2022, was the mandatory requirement to present a certificate of vaccination or illness for those employed in the public and the private sector, the operation of the vaccination centres, the provision of vaccinations against the novel coronavirus by the National Health System, the national campaign for vaccination against the coronavirus, the integration of private doctors in the national vaccination programme, the deadline for hiring supplementary medical, nursing and support staff, the measure for staff transfers and the compensation of private clinics whose beds were requisitioned to cover the emergency public health needs due to the surge in COVID-19.