Ad. Georgiadis: The Commission makes a proposal and the government decides

The Minister of Development and Investment, ‘Adonis Georgiadis, spoke this morning on the MEGA television station about the new measures that came into force today in order to put a “brake” on the Omikron diaspora “and answered a question about a possible decision for a lockdown after the holidays. .

According to the minister, our country reached 3 million doses of vaccines per month.

“Anyone who has been vaccinated with the two doses and is waiting for the third is protected. The previous two vaccines are not zero, they have antibodies, they have cellular immunity. Do not panic,” he said.

In addition, Mr. Georgiadis stressed that with Omicron few enter the ICU: “Even if we have 50,000 cases a day, there is no need to panic.”

Regarding the new measures, the minister said that “the measures for these days were announced yesterday. Next week, at the beginning, the Commission will meet again to see if there is an explosion. If this happens, additional measures will be taken to “next week, gently again. At the beginning of the year we will have a few more meters, no lockdown, just to get a brake.”

“The commission suggests, the government decides. To work well in the holidays and not to panic. Greece remains with an open economy and market. At the end of the holidays there will be a short period for picking, so that the situation does not escape,” he added. .

Asked about the cost of PCR tests, Mr. Georgiadis stressed that Greece has the cheapest prices in Europe for PCR tests, while rapid and self tests are at a very good level of safety and reliability. Regarding the free provision of rapid tests to vaccinated people, he commented: “If the government subsidizes rapid tests for the entire population non-stop and always, there are billions of them and we will go bankrupt.