Th. Plevris-Vaccination Certificate: Expires at 7 months for those who have not taken a third dose

“There are enough appointments for those who have had both doses of the vaccine to do the third dose by February 1. From February 1, it will apply to all adults and not just those aged 60 and over, while “They are entitled to it and they can, they will not have done the third dose, the vaccination certificate and the benefits it offers, such as entering restaurants and other enclosed spaces, will expire if 7 months have passed since the second dose of the vaccine,” he said. Thanos Plevris speaking to ANT1.

As noted by the Minister of Health, those who are entitled, but have not yet done the third dose of the coronavirus vaccine are about 500,000 citizens, according to ant1news.gr.

As he explained, the duration of the European certificate is not affected and continues to be valid for 9 months, but this only applies to trips abroad and will not be accepted for entry into commercial stores and restaurants in Greece.

He also explained that there are suggestions for extending the compulsory vaccination by introducing a lower age limit than the current one for citizens aged 60 and over, while for the unvaccinated he confirmed that there have been suggestions that they can not even go outside the Catering, but that at the moment such a measure is not being considered immediately.

For medicines and self tests

Regarding medicines, Mr. Plevris said that “there are no shortages of medicines in Greece, but there was probably a problem in the supply of drug stores and due to the Holidays”, which will be settled in the coming days.

Regarding the free self tests for students and teachers, in view of the reopening of schools after the Christmas holidays, the Minister of Health told ANT1 that “87.5% of parents have already taken the self tests, which is the largest percentage that has been recorded, from the beginning of the measure of distribution of free self tests “.

He pointed out that especially for tomorrow, for those students who did not take a self test, it will be possible to check the school units on Monday morning, before the opening of the schools, from the self test stock that the school units have.

“We believe that if there are any malfunctions these will be few and manageable, given the high percentage of self-tests provided, the fact that parents had self-tests and were not provided these days and sick children and therefore do not have to do for “Self test tomorrow”, said the Minister of Health, saying that “there was a very good cooperation with the pharmacists, within 4 days 7.5 million self tests were given”.

For the pressure on the NSS

“In hospitals, half of the patients treated in single beds are cases of Delta, that is, although society is dominated by the micron and Delta accounts for 10-15% of cases, in hospitals and admissions we have a different picture,” he said. Υπ. Health.

Mr. Plevris said that from Monday Sismanogleio will become a hospital exclusively for Covid cases and his on-call time will be the responsibility of the Oncology Hospital “Agioi Anartygi” and the NIMTS, for a period of 4 weeks.

Regarding the Penteli Children’s Hospital and the operation of a Vaccination Center for children, Mr. Plevris said that the vaccinations against the coronavirus, at the ages of 5-11 years, will be completed in 4 weeks.

He clarified that “the Penteli Children’s Hospital is not closing. This is fake news. There is no suspension of operation. For 3-4 weeks he leaves the shifts, only this. His beds will work normally. The shifts in the other two Children’s Hospitals will be pressed. “We know, but that will be for a few weeks.”

Regarding the reinforcement with staff of the hospitals, Mr. Plevris said that announcements for new positions are constantly being made, saying that announcements for 4,000 nurses and 910 positions of other staff are imminent, while at the same time another 700 positions of doctors will be announced.

Regarding the unvaccinated health workers, Mr. Plevris said that “until March 31 we have given an appointment. From the 6,500 who were not vaccinated, 1,500 people have been reduced, but not because they have been vaccinated, but because they got sick and with the disease certificate they can return to their seats.

Finally, the Minister Health revealed that the Government is studying the possibility of making the coronavirus vaccination mandatory, so that someone can provide his services to the National Health System. “It has not been decided, but if it is decided, whoever is not vaccinated will not be able to be hired or if he is already working, he will be out of the NSS, after his contract will be terminated, as he will not meet the conditions.”