N. Iliopoulos: The prescribing of molecular tests is urgent

“Society remains fortified against the pandemic with the responsibilities of the Mitsotakis government”, stressed and repeated the request for the immediate prescription of the molecular tests by the spokesperson of SYRIZA-PS. Nassos Iliopoulos,

He reminded (Kontra Channel) that “Mr. Skylakakis claimed that the 2022 budget voted by ND is based on the assumption that the pandemic is over”, and underlined that “we left behind a year in which Mr. Mitsotakis had used himself winner in the battle with the pandemic “. “Since February, he walked alone in the last mile. But the report this year was that we mourned 15,952 loss of human lives,” said N. Iliopoulos.

Insisting on the free prescription of molecular tests, he noted: “It is not possible for employees after a case of contact to go to work normally without molecular tests, it is not possible to have shortages in tests, it is not possible for citizens to crowd in queues. “Greece should follow the European example where molecular tests are prescribed. Because without it, there is no effective tracking of the pandemic. Of course, the government has thrown a white towel at it as well.” It also sounded the alarm for schools, which “can not remain open with the criminal protocol of 50% + 1 and without molecular tests on students in classes with cases.”

As for the financial cost of the tests for the citizens, the SYRIZA-PS spokesperson. He pointed out that “ND forgets when comparing with other European countries that Greece is the only country with a minimum wage below the levels of 2010”.

“The ND government is doing everything to make money for the private sector in the back of society from the pandemic. From day one, after all, it has chosen to stay out of the pandemic. And what is being done now with the tests is blackmail,” he stressed.

Meanwhile, referring to the international experience in countries that Omicron hit earlier, N. Iliopoulos underlined that as abroad, so here, the pressure on the health system from the hospitals is increasing. “And yet our country remains with 2.5 thousand fewer permanent employees in the NS compared to 2019”, he stressed, emphasizing the need for immediate recruitment of hundreds of doctors who are on waiting lists, and reiterating the request for “participation of private and military clinics “.

Regarding the forthcoming opening of schools, Nasos Iliopoulos stressed: “The important thing is for schools to open safely. A key and critical issue is to dilute the departments and change the 50% + 1 protocol. In the first case, the class must it closes and students return after a negative molecular test. These tests must be free “.