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“For the vaccines”, the Prime Minister spoke in the plural, announcing that Greece is in all pre-purchase contracts. The vaccine will be available free of charge, Mr Mitsotakis said once again, noting that “our problem will be to convince the Greeks to get vaccinated.”
“I am absolutely convinced that the vaccine will be safe, absolutely safe, as long as the flu vaccine,” said Mitsotakis, requesting information on the need for all of us to get vaccinated, and stated that he and his family will be the first to receive the vaccine.
“The vaccine is above all safe and necessary,” he said, noting that vaccine deniers are a problem, a situation that, he said, is not new.
Mr. Mitsotakis characteristically stated that “I am optimistic that we will have more than one vaccine, that it will be safe. Greece is in all pre-purchase contracts and we will get the number that belongs to us. I said it would be free. Our problem will be persuading the Greeks to get vaccinated. If it should. for symbolic reasons to get vaccinated first and my family, I will do it with great pleasure.
I am moderately optimistic about the vaccination schedule for this and say six months ahead of us, but delays are not ruled out. It will take a lot of effort to convince people that the vaccine is safe and effective. I think we will win the battle against the anti-vaccination movement “.
Mask request: “We do the right thing”
“It is very important that schools open on time,” he said. “Schools will open tomorrow and everything will be ready.” He noted that Greece is the only country that distributes the masks for free and publicly thanked Mr. Gerapetritis for the effort.
“I want to appeal to everyone, the reason we insist on wearing the mask is because the experts point it out to us. I know that the mask is uncomfortable and that it is not pleasant to wear it all day. But this is what the experts tell us and I will ask everyone to follow these instructions. “
Regarding the size of the classrooms, “it was practically impossible to create so many additional classrooms in a few months so that we could divide the children into smaller sections”, citing social problems to extend the school hours. It is a fact that there will be some cases somewhere, “but there are strict EODY protocols, said Mr. Mitsotakis.
In Lesbos and Pella, schools will not open immediately because they have an epidemiological burden, the prime minister said, and that Greece is much higher than the European average. For the last 2 days we have added the Rapid Antigen Test to our weapon quiver, with the first application on Lesbos. “The country will receive a million of these tests.”
At the same time, Mr. Mitsotakis sent a message to those who question the existence of the virus. “I have a responsibility as the prime minister of the country to refute all conspiracy theories with regulatory measures and persuasion.”
For the second wave of coronavirus, Mr. Mitsotakis stated that we have done better than the first, as we have more doctors and tests and we understand the disease much better.
