Update – 09/09/2021
September 9, 2021
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As of the latest update by the Greek authorities, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 diagnosed cases in Greece 607,356. 37 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 14,014. The number of patients treated in intensive care units is currently 390. 2,198 new cases were announced yesterday in Greece. 499 of the new cases were found in the Attica region and 270 new cases in the Thessaloniki region.
Worried that the number of cases of fake anti-Covid vaccination certificates may significantly exceed the 34 already revealed, the government has ordered the police’s Internal Affairs Division, which deals with public sector corruption, to investigate.
Citizens’ Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos met on Wednesday morning with division chief Major General Ilias Kossyvakis and said that the affair of fake certificates issued at a health center in central Greece should be promptly investigated, as there seem to be connections with similar cases in hospitals in northern Greece.
Independently, the Supreme Court’s Chief Prosecutor Vassilios Pliotas called on all prosecutors’ offices across Greece to investigate promptly and proactively any incidence of forged vaccination certificates and other illegal actions that include, but are not limited to, threats of violence against doctors by opponents of vaccination. Prosecutors are urged to visit the vaccination centers, independent of whether there is suspicion of illegal activities, both to familiarize themselves with their operations and act as deterrents. Pliotas also warned about the presence of gangs acting for financial gains, urging citizens to not vaccinate and refuse other medical services.
The issue turned political on Wednesday, with the main opposition SYRIZA party voting against a government amendment imposing stricter penalties for fake certificates, including a €5,000 fine per fake certificate issued, and the socialist Movement for Change (KINAL) abstaining.
“I say it openly, they are winking at those who act illegally,” Health Minister Thanos Plevris told Skai Radio. Government spokesman Yiannis Oikonomou called the opposition parties’ stance “an act of extreme political hypocrisy and destructive opportunism. SYRIZA and KINAL are looking for votes even among the extremely delinquent and are indifferent to the damage done to the effort made so that we can all return to fully living our lives.”
SYRIZA lawmaker Andreas Xanthos, a former health minister, protested that his party supports the vaccination drive and voted against because of a provision that extends mandatory vaccinations and imposes penalties. KINAL said that they abstained because of the suspensions mandated for public health system doctors but not those in private practice. Socialist lawmaker Andreas Loverdos, who is challenging KINAL leader Fofi Gennimata in a party election later this year, said that, if he were present, he would have voted for the government’s amendment, “despite all its weaknesses.”
An army general who was director of an Athens military hospital has resigned rather than take the Covid-19 vaccination, it has emerged.
The lieutenant general was director of NIMTS (417) military hospital in Athens.
According to private broadcaster SKAI, the director had informed the defence ministry ten days ago that he did not intend to be vaccinated. He was subsequently asked to resign, which he did.
The hospital has been placed under a provisional administrator.
On 1 September, the government ordered the suspension of all unvaccinated health care workers.
It is understood that more than 300 unvaccinated officers and members of the armed forces continue to serve in military hospitals as the document ordering their suspension has not been reached them.
In more detail, the 2,198 new cases detected per Regional Unit:
