“The government will take the necessary measures and which will be indicated by the experts in order to put a” brake “on the spread of the mutated Omikron strain,” said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his meeting with the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
“We are coming out of the fourth wave, we must be careful and take the necessary measures and the experts will point us out,” said the prime minister, while regarding the start of implementation of the measures, he said: “The time will be determined by them. “The initial assessment was that we would need to take action after the New Year, but we are waiting for their own suggestions so that we can slow down – as long as possible the spread of Omicron and the NSS can take some breaths.”
Mr. Mitsotakis characterized as encouraging the fact that “we are in a phase of de-escalation in terms of hospital admissions and gradual reduction of pressure in ICUs.” This development, as he said, “gives us little time to prepare our defenses against mutation”. Finally, he stressed that “vaccines are also necessary for Omicron”.
Speaking about the boost, he said: “We know that vaccines are also necessary for Omicron. Especially the 3rd dose is absolutely necessary especially for the elderly. Thanks to the fellow citizens who hurried – there are very few over 60 who have not yet been vaccinated. I encourage them to do so. And of course I am still trying to convince our fellow citizens who are still thinking about the first installment to take this step. The obligation of those over 60 will become active on January 16 and we hope until then more to use this gift that has proven effective and safe. But we need even more vaccinations, because unfortunately our initial estimates that we could build a wall of immunity with a vaccination of 70% of the adult population, were the initial estimates of experts, fell out.
That is why 80% of adults are not enough and that is why we need to extend vaccination to children. I want to thank the parents, who have already rushed and made an appointment for the first dose at the sensitive ages 5 to 11. “
For her part, Ms. Sakelaropoulou stressed: “You decide on the measures. I do it again – I do it at every opportunity. I call on all our fellow citizens to be vaccinated. What we call the gift, the only way to our freedom. “
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