Health Minister Vasilis Kikkilias announced on Wednesday that 5 million Greek citizens are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. According to official figures, on Wednesday morning, the number of fully vaccinated in the country amounted to 5,044,409 people.
“Today we have exceeded the target of 5 million fully vaccinated citizens. We continue to move forward, ”said Minister Kikkilias in his post on the social network.
Σπάμε το φράγμα των 5.000.000 πλήρως εμβολιασμένων συμπολιτών μας. Συνεχίζουμε. # Επιχείρηση_Ελευθερία
– Vassilis Kikilias (@Vkikilias) July 28, 2021
According to the official website emvolio.gov.gr, the number of people receiving the first dose and waiting for the second is about 640,000.
The government is trying to increase the rate of vaccination in order to achieve herd immunity at the level of 75-80% by the end of August.
Since the coming month is the country’s traditional summer break, the government is reportedly considering a “no appointment vaccination” in August.
Greece said Monday that children aged 12-15 could be vaccinated against the virus with the Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna vaccinations, expanding on teen vaccinations begun this month as the number of infected continues to rise…
Currently, Greek citizens over 15 years old can get vaccinated against Covid-19. Now the question is how the government will convince the other 50% of its roughly 10 million population to go to a vaccination center and get vaccinated …