Vaccination against cover-19 to start in mid-January, says health official

The platform on which the general population will be able to book their vaccination appointments (emvolio.gov.gr) once the Covid-19 jabs arrive in Greece will open in mid-January, Health Ministry Secretary General for Primary Health Care, Marios Themistokleous, said at Monday's briefing on the government's upcoming vaccination program.

Greece is expected to receive the first 9,000 vaccines on December 26 and another 429,000 vaccines will be received by the end of January 2021, he said. By the end of March, Greece will have received some 1,665,550 vaccines.   The vaccines will be stored in five safe locations, while strict safety and security protocols will be kept during their distribution, he explained. The Ministry of Defense will assist in the transportation of the vaccines in the country's remote rural areas, while the Citizen Protection Ministry will be responsible for its...

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