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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is scheduled to meet with representatives of Greece's protesting farmers at Maximos Mansion on Tuesday at noon, Kathimerini understands.

Ten representatives are slated to attend the talks, with their names expected to be announced shortly.

The draft law on cybersecurity will be tabled in the relevant parliamentary committees next week, so that "there will be one body in charge of all the organizations and services - both public and private - that will protect us from attacks," Digital Governance Minister Dimitris Papastergiou said on Friday in an interview with Skai TV.

The government is preparing legislation that will change the amount docked from pensions for pensioners that go back to work, Labor and Social Affairs Minister Adonis Georgiadis told Skai TV on Sunday.

He said a current flat rate of 30% will be replaced by a system that is proportional and based on the number of days worked.

The viral load found in the urban wastewater of Athens shows that there may be 80,000 to 90,000 symptomatic or asymptomatic carriers of Covid-19 in the region, said Nikos Thomaidis, professor of analytical chemistry at Athens University.

After initially announcing a weekend ban on takeaway food in Athens and Thessaloniki early on Saturday, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis took it back later in the day. 

"The government assessed that the measure of temporary suspension of takeaway will create more confusion and will cause more problems," he said in a statement.

Education Minister Niki Kerameus said on Friday that the reopening of high schools will be discussed in "the immediate future," without however referring to a specific time frame.

Speaking to Skai TV, she insisted that the reopening of high schools is a priority for the government.

A third wave of coronavirus in February would put too much pressure on Greece's national health system, the president of the Athens and Piraeus hospital doctors' association (EINAP), Matina Pagoni, said Monday.

Speaking on Skai TV, Pagoni said that a nationwide lockdown, currently in place until January 18, will most likely need to be extended by at least two weeks.

The digital platform for appointments for the inoculation of citizens over the age of 85 opens Monday.

According to the plan, their vaccinations are expected to start on January 20.

The Drama General Hospital in northern Greece has reached capacity due to an influx of coronavirus patients, experts warned Friday,

Speaking on Skai TV, Ioannis Papadopoulos, who represents health care workers and employees at the hospital, said that only four beds are currently free at the hospital's coronavirus ward, out of a total of 140.

Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis told Skai TV on Saturday that the online platform where the self-employed, freelance professionals and small enterprises employing up to five people will be able to apply for the 800-euro handout will be ready to begin operating by Tuesday.