Greece will fine with 100 euros to those over 60 years without vaccination

Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, announced on Tuesday that as of January all People over 60 years shall get vaccinated compulsorily against the covid and, if not, they will be fined with 100 euros. “As of January 16, all those over 60 must have at least made an appointment to obtain the first dose of the vaccine. Those who do not do so must pay a fine of 100 euros,” Mitsotakis said during the Council of Ministers . The raised money with these sanctions the construction of Public hospitalsadded the Greek president.

With this measure, the leader of the Greek Executive intends to face the difficulties who experiences the public healthcare with the increasing number of hospitalizations, In most cases elderly and unvaccinated. Although the vaccination rate has improved in recent weeks, of the 580,000 people over the age of 60 who remain unvaccinated, “unfortunately only 60,000” did so in November, Mitstotakis said, adding that it is people of this age who require hospital treatment.

The prime minister of the Hellenic country gave the situation in Portugal as a positive example, where, he said, the vaccination rate for those over 60 years of age reaches 98%, so “ICU occupancy and losses are minimal” , to continue lamenting the situation in his country: “On the contrary, in Greece, and despite the great effort that we have all made, the vaccination rate at these ages continues to be around 83%.”

Two free trials

With views to to avoid a major spread of the virus during Christmas parties, Mitsotakis announced that they will be distributed two free home tests per person: the first in the period between December 6 and 12 “to identify possible asymptomatic carriers of the virus before Christmas” and the second between January 3 and 7 to monitor the transmission of the pandemic during the holidays.

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Although Greece has been one of the first countries to impose the vaccination obligation, in some professions – health personnel and senior centers – the vaccination rate of the population with the full schedule is still around 61%. On Monday, 104 people They lost their lives because of the virus. In a country with 10.7 million inhabitants, a total of 6,667 cases were registered in a single day, of which 657 are connected to respirators. In total, Greece has so far registered 931,183 cases accumulated and 18,067 deaths.