The possibility of extending and not imposing the fine for citizens over 60 years of age who remain unvaccinated is open from January 16, he left through SKAI 100.3 to Pavlos Tsimas the Deputy Minister of Interior Stelios Petsas.
As he stated, if we see that the citizens of this age category are in a hurry to be vaccinated, maybe we will give more time.
He explained that all the measures will be seen by the experts this week, as they expire on Sunday.
The Deputy Minister estimated that the first quarter of the year will be the most difficult.
Citing the latest data, he said that we are on the right track as there are no patients with the Omicron mutation in the ICU
Mr. Petsas also stressed that the involvement of the local government in the testing is planned in order to reduce the queues.
He said that the issue was discussed in today’s communication with the leadership of the Ministry of Health.
He said the government had chosen open schools but with protection, adding that the opposition was trying to say that something different should be done to the schools.
If the opposition wants closed schools to say so, Mr. Petsas stated characteristically.
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