Leaving the NSS, he repeated that Thanos Plevris suggests for the unvaccinated health workers, however he clarified that there is government extension of the suspension.
“For those who have not been vaccinated, the suspension of the contract expires on March 31. On March 31, the Government will either extend this deadline, or will say that vaccination is a prerequisite for someone to offer their services to the NSS. “A decision has not been made yet, however my suggestion is that whoever is not vaccinated, can not be in the NSS” he noted on ANT1.
The Minister of Health clarified, however, that “we are not thinking of extending the suspension to those who have not taken the boosting dose of the vaccine.”
For the contracted health assistants who have joined the National Health System, Mr. Plevris stated that “for the 12,000 assistants, whose contracts expire on March 31, we will arrange for the extension of the contracts until about the end of the year, while at the same time there will be their scoring, due to the experience they have gained and at the same time an announcement is made for 4,000 positions in the NSS “.
Thanos Plevris added that “the orders we make for both drugs and vaccines are for the whole of 2022. The EU forecast is that even in de-escalation in terms of cases and hard markers, there should be a monitoring and the situation in the fall. Therefore, if there is an extension of the suspension (of the contract of the unvaccinated sanitary) it will be for a long time, probably until the end of the year, for that reason it will be until then the extension of the contracts of the auxiliary sanitary “.
About antiviral coronavirus pills, The Minister of Health said that “after the completion of the first batch of monoclonal antibodies, we have for the first time Merck pills and now we have the home delivery of the pills approved by the doctors and the Commission. Towards the end of the month or at the beginning of March we will have the first batches of Pfizer pills and there will be enough pills “.
He pointed out, however, that “the vaccine remains our first defense, the pill is an adjunct. In an unvaccinated person, even if he takes the pill, the risk to his life remains great.
“Research shows that if we give 1000 pills, we can avoid 50 deaths, which are not small at all.”
“Greece brings all the vaccines approved by the EMA. Whatever is approved by the European Medicines Agency comes to Greece. “We used to have the Johnson vaccine, which was not mRNA technology,” said Mr. Plevris.
Regarding the vaccination certificate that expires in the 7 months after the second installment, the Minister of Health said that “to reach from 67% to 84% of the adult population that has been vaccinated, we have made a series of tough decisions. Already, 85% of those who were eligible have taken the booster dose. I believe that those who have not done it, will hurry to make the commemorative dose “.
Thanos Plevris said that coronavirus pandemic remains ‘present’ and stated that from the data for the three-digit number of deaths every day it appears that “85% of the deaths concern unvaccinated patients, over 70 years old”, noting that EODY and Mr. Zaoutis have asked to look at the files from a different perspective .
Regarding the outbreak of deaths from coronavirus complications, Mr. Plevris said that “the fourth wave of Delta found us in less vaccination coverage, many cases are delayed to reach hospitals, while in many regional hospitals there is not the same care with the hospitals of big cities and this must be corrected “.
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