From February 1, those who have not taken a third dose in 7 months will be considered unvaccinated

As of February 1, the measure of expiration of the vaccination certificate comes into force seven months after the second installment, as announced by the Minister of Health Thanos Plevris. The citizens who are eligible but have not yet made the third installment are about 500,000.

“There are enough appointments, so that those who have done the two doses of the vaccine, until February 1 to do the third dose. From February 1, it will apply to all adults and not only to those aged 60 and over, who while eligible and can, have not done the third installment, will cease to be valid the vaccination certificate and the benefits it offers, such as the entrance to restaurants and other closed spaces, if 7 months have passed after the second dose of the vaccine “, said Thanos Plevris speaking to ANT1.

As he explained, the duration of the European certificate is not affected and continues to be valid for 9 months, but this only applies to trips abroad and will not be accepted for entry into commercial stores and restaurants in Greece.

He also explained that there are suggestions for extending the compulsory vaccination by introducing a lower age limit than the current one for citizens aged 60 and over, while for the unvaccinated he confirmed that there have been suggestions that they can not even go outside the Catering, but that at the moment such a measure is not being considered immediately.

For medicines and self tests

Regarding medicines, Mr. Plevris said that “there are no shortages of medicines in Greece, but there was probably a problem in the supply of drug stores and due to the Holidays”, which will be settled in the coming days.

Regarding the free self tests for students and teachers, in view of the reopening of schools after the Christmas holidays, the Minister of Health said that “87.5% of parents have already taken the self tests, which is the highest percentage recorded , from the beginning of the measure of distribution of free self tests “.
He pointed out that especially for tomorrow, for those students who did not take a self test, it will be possible to check the school units on Monday morning, before the opening of the schools, from the self test stock that the school units have.

“We believe that if there are malfunctions these will be few and manageable, given the high percentage of self-tests provided, the fact that parents had self-tests and were not provided these days and sick children and therefore do not need to do for “tomorrow self test”, said the Minister of Health, saying that “there was a very good cooperation with the pharmacists, within 4 days 7.5 million self tests were given”.

For the pressure on the NSS

“In hospitals, half of the patients treated in single beds are cases of Delta, that is, although society is dominated by the micron and Delta accounts for 10-15% of cases, in hospitals and admissions we have a different picture,” he said. Υπ. Health.

Mr. Plevris said that from Monday Sismanogleio will become a hospital exclusively for Covid cases and his on-call time will be borne by the Oncology Hospital “Agioi Anartygi” and the NIMTS, for a period of 4 weeks.

Regarding the Penteli Children’s Hospital and the operation of a Vaccination Center for children, Mr. Plevris said that the vaccinations against the coronavirus, at the ages of 5-11 years, will be completed in 4 weeks.

He clarified that “the Penteli Children’s Hospital is not closing. This is fake news. There is no suspension. For 3-4 weeks he leaves the vigils, that’s all. His beds will work normally. “We will be on duty at the other two Children’s Hospitals, we know that, but that will be for a few weeks.”

Regarding the reinforcement with staff of the hospitals, Mr. Plevris said that announcements for new positions are constantly being made, saying that announcements for 4,000 nurses and 910 positions of other staff are imminent, while at the same time another 700 positions of doctors will be announced.

Regarding the unvaccinated health workers, Mr. Plevris said that “until March 31, we have given an appointment. Of the 6,500 who were not vaccinated, 1,500 have been reduced, not because they have been vaccinated, but because they have become ill and can return to their places with the disease certificate.

Finally, the Minister Health revealed that the Government is studying the possibility of making the coronavirus vaccination mandatory, so that someone can provide his services to the National Health System. “It has not been decided, but if it is decided, whoever is not vaccinated will not be able to be hired or if he is already working, he will be outside the NSS, after his contract will be terminated, as he will not meet the conditions.”

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