Vaccination in Greece to start on Dec 27, says PM Mitsotakis
December 18, 2020
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Greece will receive the first batch of coronavirus vaccines on December 26, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Friday, adding that the first vaccinations will take place at five Covid-designated hospitals in Athens and Thessaloniki.
At first, Mitsotakis said, vaccines will be provided to healthcare workers and those in long-term care facilities. The jab will then be given to the over-65 population, an estimated 2,4 million, he said.
He said that according to the latest EMA update, approval of the Pfizer vaccine is expected on December 22.
The inoculation of doctors and medical staff at Sotiria Hospital in Athens will begin on December 27, Mina Gaga, director of the hospital’s 7th pulmonary clinic, told Skai radio on Friday.
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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during the meeting on the national vaccination plan that took place at the General Secretariat for Civil Protection. (Photo by Eurokinissi/ Dimitris Papamitsos) 12/18/2020 The National Herald
ATHENS – With surveys showing some half of Greeks won t take it, the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines are due to arrive on Dec. 26, the government hoping to persuade people it s safe and effective.
Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the first vaccinations will take place at five COVID-19 designated hospitals in the capital and Thessaloniki, the second-largest city.
The first to get it will be front line workers such as doctors, nurses and hospital staff as well as the most susceptible: the elderly and those with underlying conditions who are most at-risk.