Update – 01/09/2021
September 1, 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 587,964. 22 new deaths were reported raising the total number to 13,691. The number of patients treated in intensive care units is currently 344. 3,628 new cases were announced yesterday in Greece. 901 of the new cases were found in the Attica region and 373 new cases in the Thessaloniki region.
With the deadline for the mandatory vaccination of health workers expiring on Wednesday, the Heath Ministry is preparing for an imminent “great exodus” of staff due to the suspensions that will ensue with a wide array of preemptive measures to fill the gaps and to ensure that services are fully operational.
These measures include a reshuffle of healthcare workers within hospitals, mergers of clinics and departments, the replacement of those suspended with auxiliary staff and partnerships with the private sector for support services such as catering, care etc.
Wednesday is the last day for staff to get at least the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 so as to avoid suspension as of tomorrow. The government has insisted the relevant legislation for mandatory vaccinations will be strictly implemented.
Those who are exempt from the precepts of the legislation are obviously those that have already been vaccinated and workers who have been infected with the coronavirus within the last six months.
Those who do not fall into these categories and have not received approval for exemption due to health issues by the competent committees will be suspended.
Moreover, as clarified by the former deputy minister of health, Vassilis Kontozamanis, based on the payroll system in the public sector, which provides advance payment of earnings every two weeks, the government will request that they return this amount of salary as unduly paid.
Speaking on the radio station 9.84 on Tuesday, Secretary General of Health Services Yiannis Kotsiopoulos estimated that about 10,000 health workers will not continue working in the National Health System.
According to the most recent data, more than 90% of the doctors and 80% of the nurses had been vaccinated against Covid-19, while the percentages are lower for the rest of the staff.
Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis on Tuesday dismissed the possibility of a new lockdown while he did not rule out the extension of compulsory vaccinations to other professional categories apart from health workers, if this is necessitated by the course of the pandemic.
Other senior officials have taken the same stance.
“At the moment our economy is doing very well, tourism has had a very good season, growth is going very well. Wouldn’t it be a pity for all this to blow up because some people do not want to be vaccinated?” he told Mega TV yesterday, adding, “There is no room to close again, and if we need to extend the obligation [to get vaccinated] in order not to close again, then it should be done.”
Referring to anti-vaxxers, he said humanity “has advanced with science and knowledge.”
“There is no longer any argument that [the anti-vaxxers] are afraid, because all the side effects of the vaccines have been studied. Every drug has side effects, but there is a cost-benefit ratio,” he said.
In more detail, the 3,628 new cases detected per Regional Unit:
