“It is not in our will to return to restrictive measures,” the Minister of Health emphasized and added that the goal is to have recommendations and not compulsion.
The supply of the new, updated vaccines for the corona virus will take place in two phases by the end of the year, as the Minister of Health, Thanos Pleuris emphasized, speaking on SKAI TV and the “Morning News” show.
Initially, the updated vaccines for the Omicron mutation are expected and will be followed by the even more updated ones for subvariants 4 and 5. According to the minister, the pharmaceutical companies have submitted their files, there are approval procedures and “from October onwards we hope to have ».
Mr. Pleuris noted, however, that those who are at risk now should not wait and that is why there is a recommendation for citizens over 60 and for vulnerable groups to proceed to the fourth installment.
Greater collaboration with the private sector for simple Covid beds
The Minister of Health said that meetings are being held with the private clinics in order to allocate simple beds for the management of Covid cases. He explained that the last wave of the pandemic showed that there is no pressure on ICU beds but on ordinary beds and therefore it can change the model that everything Covid went to the public system.
“We want them to be managed by private individuals so that the ordinary beds in the NHS are not pressured”, he pointed out characteristically.
Recommendations and not mandatory
Regarding the possibility of taking new measures from the autumn, Mr. Pleuris emphasized that the desire is not to have “compulsory type measures” but recommendations to use a mask where there is crowding and in closed spaces.
“It is not in our will to go back to containment measures,” he added, saying that it is not the intention of mandatory measures or metric restrictions or to have inaccessible spaces.
What will happen to the schools?
Especially for schools, the Minister of Health stated that an educational protocol will be drawn up in consultation with the Ministry of Education shortly before students return to school and depending on the epidemiological picture of the country.
The indicator that can change the design
Mr. Pleuris emphasized that the main indicator monitored by the experts is the pressure on the NHS and therefore as long as there are no heavy hospitalizations, there will be no need to take measures, as simple beds are more manageable. “But this is dynamic, it is combined with pressure”, emphasized the Minister of Health.
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