“As we go into the summer we want the restrictive measures to be lifted,” said the Minister of Health. Thanos Plevris, in his statements from Thessaloniki, where he participates in the celebrations for the national anniversary as a representative of the government. He clarified, however, that this is a process with dynamic characteristics, based on its course pandemic and noted that until Easter will have been removed a number of meters.
Specifically, answering a relevant question, Mr. Plevris stated: “In general, as we go towards the summer, we want the restrictive measures to be lifted. An overall plan of the government was presented to the Commission by the Secretary General, Mrs. Agapidaki, but as you can understand, this also has dynamic characteristics based on the course of the pandemic. As long as it is not pressed National Health System we want to go at least for the vaccinated to absolute normality but also in general to have measures lifted. “So by Easter a number of measures will have been lifted but for sure, going into the summer, that will be clearer.”
“The key element that protects us is vaccination”
Answering another question about the availability of antiviral pills for Pfizer Covid-19, the minister noted that we are one of the first countries to receive them and added: “Right now it’s Merck pills, Pfizer pills are starting. At the same time there will be a procedure for both pills. There is some scientific data but the process is the same. We will provide antivirals for the whole population but prevention and the key element that protects us is vaccination and right now, despite the high incidence you see, the fact that the vaccination coverage of the adult population has reached 84-85% , it just protects us from hospitalizations and heavy hospitalizations “.
Suspended for hospitals and healthcare
Asked when the hospitals will return to the previous state, the minister said that “at the moment we are in numbers that are very controlled by the NSS, but also in the simple beds we now have several gaps and we have the opportunity and de-escalation is already beginning. “
He stated that “in this whole context we want to support it YOU with the recruitments that will be made -announcement will be announced in the next days of 4,000 nurses- because we just want very quickly and with procedures and collaborations with the private sector, to reduce the lists of surgeries, to bring the hospitals to the previous state and to be ready , because both the World Health Organization and the ECDC warn us that from September there may be an escalation. So this year we want him to be better prepared. “
For unvaccinated sanitary suspended, the minister said that until 31/12 they will remain in suspension and as long as there is pandemic will not return to the National Health System. “Our decision is that just as people’s contracts are renewed to offer for covid, there is an additional requirement from health professionals, especially doctors and nurses, that in order to provide services they must protect public health, to be vaccinated “.
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