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Greece Introduces COVID-19 Digital Vaccination Certificates © REUTERS / Louisa Gouliamaki Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/europe/202101201081822451-greece-introduces-covid-19-digital-vaccination-certificates/ ATHENS (Sputnik) - Greece has started issuing digital vaccination certificates to all nationals who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, the Greek prime minister's press service said, adding that the pilot certificate was presented by Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday evening at the General Secretariat for Civil P...

Ευρωκίνηση 1/20/2021 The National Herald      ATHENS – During a news conference after a recent meeting of The Holy Standing Synod of the Church of Greece the Synod responded to what it said were false allegations that have been raised against it after the Feast of the Epiphany. The Holy Synod referred also to the issue of the COVID-19 vaccines and clarified that “vaccination is not a theological or ecclesiastical issue, calling it mainly a medical-scientific issue as well as a free personal choice made by each person in communication with his doctor and by no means constit...

Orthodox Church undermines Greece's COVID pandemic measures Clerics in Greece have repeatedly flouted measures to slow coronavirus transmission. The church wields extraordinary power in officially secular Greece. Some leaders have been more cautious, but all churches were open on Epiphany On Wednesday, the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church filed a complaint with the National Council for Radio and Television accusing three TV stations of "sullying religion." The broadcasters had criticized Orthodox clergy for rebelling against government measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus dur...

2021/01/03 16:35 Doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and U.K.-based drugmaker AstraZeneca are checked as they arrive at the Princess Royal Hos... Doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and U.K.-based drugmaker AstraZeneca are checked as they arrive at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, England, Saturday Jan. 2, 2021. The UK has 530,000 doses available for rollout from Monday. (Gareth Fuller/Pool via AP) Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios receives an injection with a dose ...