Tsipras: Gov't should distribute free rapid tests to all, regardless of vaccination status

At a teleconference with epidemiologists and other scientists, Tsipras said that "it is unacceptable to be discussing testing and contact tracing two years later," after the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Greece. "All citizens, vaccinated or not, should receive rapid tests, obviously for free, not self-tests, which are not reliable," he added.

The main opposition leader called for the immediate hiring of 800-plus doctors who have applied, as he said, for positions and are waiting for postings, and to activate the primary health care for pre-hospitalization care. "It is absolutely necessary that any patient who needs to gets hospitalized fast and in a better state, as their condition is often irreversible," he said.

In addition, the government must stop its "relaxation messages and foolishness about a pandemic of the unvaccinated and reintroduce the obligatory use of a face mask for all, especially indoors." In addition, more teachers must be hired on fast-track procedures and school sections of 28 and 29 students be split into two sections, to avoid transferring infection from schools to the parents and grandparents.

Vaccination would also be improved, Tsipras said, if health services followed the Portuguese model of going door to door, in collaboration with the local government, which I was told were never called upon to help.

Source: ana-mpa