Opposition chief seeks meeting of political leaders on health crisis

The chief of the main opposition SYRIZA party, Alexis Tsipras has called for a meeting of the country's political leaders to discuss the management of the coronavirus pandemic, while also pushing for Greece to take steps to ensure that Covid-19 vaccines can be produced domestically.

Meeting with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou in Athens on Friday morning, the former leftist prime minister echoed fears expressed by several experts in recent days of a fresh and precipitous rise in infections following the holidays and requested that she convene a meeting where the leaders of the country's political parties could discuss management strategies and be briefed by members of the government's advisory committee on the pandemic.

In comments to the press ahead of his meeting with the president, Tsipras accused Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of "inadequate...