Katerina Sakellaropoulou

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou was vaccinated against the coronavirus Sunday afternoon.

"This Christmas, science gave us the greatest gift," Sakellaropoulou said after her vaccination shortly after 2 pm Sunday.

Sakellaropoulou is the first of 45 state officials whose vaccination was given priority to keep the machinery of state operating smothly.

The first vaccinations against the coronavirus in Greece are expected to take place Sunday, starting with an intensive care unit nurse.

Efstathia Kambissiouli will be vaccinated at 1 p.m. at central Athens' Evangelismos hospital, followed half an hour later by Michalis Giovanidis, a nursing home resident.

The first batch of Pfizer-BioΝTech vaccines against the novel coronavirus arrived in Greece by refrigerator trucks through Promahonas, the border crossing with Bulgaria, on Christmas Day, a day earlier than planned.

The vaccination of the general population against Covid-19 is scheduled to begin in February, starting with the elderly and vulnerable groups, the authorities said Wednesday.

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou is seen serving portions of food at the soup kitchen O Allos Anthropos (The Fellow Man) on December 24, 2020. Sakellaropoulou spoke with volunteers and Constantinos Polychronopoulos  and assisted in the distribution of food. [Thodoris Manolopoulos/Presidency/ANA-MPA]

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou issued a message to Greeks living abroad, recalling the difficulties encountered in 2020 with the disruptions caused by the pandemic, while noting their contributions to their host countries.

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Wednesday visited the remote border island of Kinaros, where she met with its only inhabitant, Katerina Katsotourhi.

Located in the west of the islands of Leros and Amorgos, Kinaros is the second western-most island of the Dodecanese after Astypalea, and its coastline measures only 4.5 square kilometers.

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou will on Wednesday visit the remote island of Kinaros in the southeastern Aegean.

Sakellaropoulou will meet with the tiny island's sole inhabitant, the 74-year-old Rinio Katsotourchi.

In a public health message issued on Tuesday, Sakellaropoulou urged Greeks to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
 

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Monday he planned to receive a Covid-19 vaccine jab on December 27, kicking off a national roll-out over the following months.

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet Monday.

The meeting will take place at 11 am, at the President's office.

[ANA-MPA]