×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Tuesday
13
Jan 2026
weather symbol
Athens 4°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> Greece

Mitsotakis on vaccinations: Nο privileges – We need to persuade the reluctant ones to be vaccinated

"The first steps so far are very encouraging and the economy will be able to recover quickly as we anticipate"

Newsroom June 8 02:03

At the beginning of their meeting, the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou spoke with the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about the evolution of the pandemic, the vaccinated and the discussion about the obligation of vaccinations concerning certain categories of workers.

“The developments on the pandemic front are positive. We have found a reduction in the number of cases, a rapid de-escalation in the number of hospitalizations, but also of our intubated fellow citizens”, said Mr. Mitsotakis initially and estimated that this de-escalation will continue in the coming weeks.

“Of course, it is sad that the vast majority of our fellow citizens who are hospitalized, who are seriously ill in our intensive care units and who unfortunately lose their lives, are our fellow citizens who are unvaccinated”, said the Prime Minister. “This is something we need to change”, he added.

See Also:

>Related articles

Motorcycle rider arrested in Thessaloniki for driving 128 km/h in residential area

Farmers’ unions cancel meeting with Mitsotakis, plan escalation with new roadblocks

Agatha Christie’s 1958 visit to the Acropolis captured in unpublished photo

Greece: Huge subsidy for the acquisition of electric taxis

He underlined that “Operation Eleftheria (Freedom)” is progressing at a very fast pace and steadily around 100,000 vaccinations per day, 1% of the population is vaccinated every day, 6,200,000 vaccinations in our country until now and more than 4 million of our fellow citizens have already received the first dose.

“But we must continue with the same intensity so that we can on the one hand build the wall of immunity but on the other hand ensure that during the summer this downward trend will continue and our tourism will continue normally”, he stated. “The first steps so far are very encouraging and the economy will be able to recover quickly as we anticipate”, said Mr. Mitsotakis.

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#greece#Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis#Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou#vaccination
> More Greece

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

Motorcycle rider arrested in Thessaloniki for driving 128 km/h in residential area

January 12, 2026

Mattel releases the first Barbie with autism, watch video

January 12, 2026

Farmers’ unions cancel meeting with Mitsotakis, plan escalation with new roadblocks

January 12, 2026

Shark attack on woman in Brazil: ‘I knew it had bitten me’, watch video

January 12, 2026

The 15 Greek islands that stand out for holidays in 2026, according to Conde Nast Traveller

January 12, 2026

Agatha Christie’s 1958 visit to the Acropolis captured in unpublished photo

January 12, 2026

Russia declares war on the Ecumenical Patriarch: “He is dismantling the Body of the Church, has nationalist and neo-nazi allies”

January 12, 2026

Video: The “battle” of the Skopelitis with the waves in the Aegean

January 12, 2026
All News

> Politics

Mattel releases the first Barbie with autism, watch video

The new Barbie holds a pink fidget spinner that works normally, wears noise-reducing headphones to address sensory overload, and comes with a tablet

January 12, 2026

Russia declares war on the Ecumenical Patriarch: “He is dismantling the Body of the Church, has nationalist and neo-nazi allies”

January 12, 2026

Hardliners at the blockades put obstacles to dialogue with Mitsotakis – “We do not operate with ultimatums,” the government responds

January 12, 2026

Joint statements of Mitsotakis – Sánchez from Madrid (video)

January 12, 2026

Pierrakakis to Tasoula: Greece has increased authority in decision-making at the European level

January 12, 2026
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2026 Πρώτο Θέμα