Tomorrow the final decisions will be made on use of the mask from June 1st by the Committee of Experts, as stated by the Minister of Health, Thanos Plevris speaking on SKAI and the show “Unmatched” and stressed that in some indoors it will remain mandatory.
«Tomorrow the use of the mask will be discussed in the Commission from June 1 and we are waiting to hear the positions of the scientists. The mask will definitely remain in some interiors, such as hospitals, according to what the Commission will suggest. We are also wary of schools, as they end on June 15 and there are also pan-Hellenic ones that we want to have our children protected. So, let’s go to the beginning to further reduce the obligation of the mask, but the sites as sites will be decided tomorrow by the Commission“, He stated characteristically.
In terms of use mask in airplaneswhere a confusion has been created, said it exists European recommendation that from May 16 on the plane the mask will not be mandatory. However, he explained that in terms of It is up to the Member State to decide noting that because the mask is a mild constraint, “we must all European states try to have a common line».
Regarding the course of the pandemicMr. Plevris pointed out that despite the lifting of the measures, it is in recession. «When we announced the lifting of the measures on May 1, all the opposition parties, without having discussed with the scientific community, took a stand against the release of the measures that we are supposedly doing because of tourism. We are now at 16 days and you see that the dynamics of the pandemic, as we had predicted, is very low. The declining course of cases and harsh indicators continues“, He underlined.
In any case, make it clear that restrictive measures may need to be reinstated in the autumn against Covid.
As for him vaccination, the Minister of Health commented that with very strict compulsory measures our country managed to reach from 55% to 85% in the adult population, 75% in the general population and in those over 60 the percentage exceeds 90%. He clarified that 50% of those over 60 have been vaccinated with a fourth dose.
In fact, he announced in advance vaccination of the population since September with a fourth installment noting that “citizens seeing the declining course of the pandemic and given that we all expect that in September there will definitely be a vaccination either with a vaccine with flu characteristics, ie annual, or with a booster dose, it is not going to be vaccinated now».
Asked about Novartisstated that the Legal Council of the State has decided to a lawsuit has been filed for insulting the Greek state subject to the public requesting compensation for additional damage that may occur. «This lawsuit is ready and I have ordered it to be filed and it concerns only the data that exist from the American justice so that as it received compensation the American public will also receive the Greek“, concluded.
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