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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.
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A woman pulls her shopping trolley in Athens, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Despite six weeks of lockdown measures, coronavirus deaths and infections remain high, piling pressure on the country s health system. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) 12/18/2020 The National Herald
ATHENS – A tougher lockdown imposed on three areas of Greece after a softer lockdown didn t work to contain the spread of COVID-19 could be extended to other regions with signs the pandemic remains uncontrollable.
The New Democracy government, which implemented a quasi-lockdown on Nov. 7 that let people get out of their homes more – resulting in the Coronavirus taking off – indicated that it s ready to now get tougher, after soaring cases and deaths.
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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.
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