As reported Thanos Plevris, health minister from Greece, employees of the Greek public health system who do not receive the coronavirus vaccine before March 31 will be fired.
During last September, the Conservative government from Kyriakos Mitsotakis, which has imposed the compulsory vaccine on both health workers and people over 60 years of age, suspended the salary and employment of approximately 6,500 health workers who chose not to be vaccinated, a figure which is around 6% of health personnel and 2% of doctors in the country. 1,500 of these ended up returning to their usual jobs after presenting a certificate of having passed the disease.
Unvaccinated health workers will be fired
This decision to definitively suspend salary and employment of unvaccinated health workers -whether or not they have had the disease- comes at a time when an average of 100 deaths per day are reported in a country with only 10.7 million inhabitants and with the health system under great pressure. They register a high number of intubated people and high hospital admissions, although they have a low number of infections.
Lifting of restrictions
Despite high hospital pressure, Today, Monday, the lifting of several restrictions has come into force such as the hours and capacity of restaurants at night and the reopening of nightlife with bars and discos.
The Minister Pleveris This decision to loosen the measures a little was justified last Friday with the decrease in daily infections and the “balance” between hospital discharges and discharges. In addition, next Monday, February 7, the government measure will come into force in which the covid passport expires seven months after the second dose if the third booster dose is not received.
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