COVID-19: France and Greece announced that vaccination will be compulsory for all health workers

France Yes Greece announced on Monday that COVID-19 vaccination will be mandatory for all health workers in both countries. This was announced by the governments of Emmanuel Macron Yes Kyriakos Mitsotaki. In addition, the French president announced that next month it will be compulsory to present a “COVID pass“To be able to enter a restaurant.

Macron announced today that the vaccination certificate or having transmitted the coronavirus used as health passport in large cities, it will be used in restaurants, bars, theaters and cinemas starting next week.

Macron further announced that the personal health and those who work with vulnerable people, employees of retirement homes, They will have the obligation to be vaccinated before September 15, and therefore there will be penalties for those who do not.

“The more we vaccinate, the less space we leave for the virus to spread“Said the head of state in a televised address in which he put forward new measures to stop the increase in infections due to the spread of the Delta variant, which already accounts for more than half of all cases in France.

Meanwhile, vaccination of all health workers will be mandatory in Greece, Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis announced on Monday in a nationwide address. to encourage vaccination against the spread of the Delta variant of covid-19.

All the people who work in retirement homesThey must be vaccinated by August 16, otherwise they will not be able to work, said the Prime Minister.

At the same time, he explained that from September 1, vaccination of medical personnel is compulsory in the sectors Public Yes private, when 99% of intubated people are not vaccinated.

In relation to the propagation of variants Delta, the Greek government decided to take action and encourage as many people as possible to get vaccinated. Since Tuesday, vaccination will be open to 15-17 years with the Pfizer vaccine.

Three in four Greeks over 60 are currently vaccinated, said the Prime Minister. There is 4.3 million people who have received both vaccines in a population of 10.7 million inhabitants.

“The country is not going to close because of the attitude of some,” insisted the Prime Minister.

From Friday until the end of August, leisure centers, bars, cinemas and theaters, and all places closed, they will only receive vaccinated people.

Greece had around 2,000 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, compared to just 800 just a week ago. More than 12,000 people have died from the coronavirus in the country.

(With information from AFP and EFE)

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