Thanos Plevris

From Monday, Greece will remove the requirement for a negative test for COVID-19 to enter the country, Health Minister Thanos Plevris was quoted as saying by Macedonia's MIA news agency. From 8 February, only the presentation of an EU digital COVID certificate will be sufficient for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated passengers.

Health Minister Thanos Plevris today filed with Supreme Court Prosecutor Vasilis Pliotas a report regarding what he views as punishable criminal acts by POEDIN (Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Workers) President Michalis Giannakos, who alleged that ICU beds are set aside for VIPs by circumventing the prioritised state waiting list.

With many hospitals in northern Greece and Thessaly at the verge of collapse due to the enormous and steadily growing number of COVID-19 cases, the government is poised to proceed with the conscription of private doctors if they continue to ignore the government's plea for them to join the battle to prevent a disaster in the National Health System.

Greek health officials on Tuesday announced tougher measures for unvaccinated and heavier fines for non-compliance in response to a sharp increase in coronavirus cases, AFP reported.

As of Saturday, anyone who has not been vaccinated against the coronavirus will have to take a negative test before entering public buildings, shops and banks, the health ministry said.

With over 6,000 newly confirmed COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours and ICU beds full in northern Greece, where many areas have a vaccination rate of 40 percent, Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced strict measures that will limit the access of unvaccinated people who have not taken a rapid test to all venues except for supermarkets, pharmacies and churches (which have a high percentag

In a bid to persuade people in areas epidemiologically characterised as high-risk red zones, which as a rule have very low vaccination rates, to get the COVID-19 jab, Health Minister Thanos Plevris today announced that there will no longer be lockdowns in red zones and that vaccinated residents in those area will not be subjected to greater restrictions than in areas that have a good epidemiolo

Panagiotis Arkoumaneas submitted his resignation from the presidency of the National Public Health Organization (EODY) today, Saturday.

As of tomorrow, September 27, the new measures for the protection of public health from the risk of further spread of Covid-19 will enter into force.

According to the Official Government Gazette, from tomorrow, not all patients (both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated ones), who pay a visit to the dentist, will be obliged to present a negative rapid test.

Incoming Health Minister Thanos Plevris has hit the ground running in an effort to implement planned healthcare reforms that were long postponed due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

By George Gilson

Just one week after incoming Health Minister Thanos Plevris assumed his portfolio and even as Greece's vaccine rollout is lagging, the discovery of a cottage industry of bogus vaccination certificates at various health centres around the country has stirred an uproar.