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Govt concerned by virus mutations, encouraged by increase in vaccination rate
PoliticsGreek Politicsregistered on Sunday. On the positive side, there has been a distinct increase in the rate of vaccinations over the past few days. As of Saturday, more than 230,000 Greeks had received at least the first jab... vaccination rate, as measured per 100 people who have received the jab, stands just below the EU average
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High Covid-19 death rate leads to lockdown extension but fails to dampen vaccine scepticism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government has extended the national lockdown until December 7 as the number of deaths... that a sizeable chunk of Greek society, particularly young people, are reluctant to get the jab... November, which has accounted for more than half of all deaths in Greece since the pandemic struck
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Vaccination rate starts to rise as further lockdown relaxation examined
PoliticsGreek Politicsrecently by the PM was more or less achieved. The increase in the vaccination rate will be a relief to the government, although it should be noted that just 0.02 pct of the population has received two shots of the vaccine so far and that Greece has a sizeable elderly population. The faster approval
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Public investment under spotlight amid arguments over budget execution
EconomyMacroeconomyduring the same period of 2018. He added that during 2019 the rate of absorbing funds from the EU... holding back 1.1 billion in investment spending, the opposition party argued. Haritsis argued that local... government level, when the cycle of transfers to state bodies and the actual spend has been completed
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Newsletter 319 - 03/12/2021
has received at least their first jab. During his address on Tuesday, Mitsotakis also pointed out... are inundated with Covid patients and Greece has one of the highest death rates from the virus... to convince them to get the jab came just a few days after the government announced that over-60s would
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PM opts for risky move with vaccination penalty as Covid threat grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the adult population has received at least their first jab. During his address on Tuesday... at a moment when Greek hospitals are inundated with Covid patients and Greece has one of the highest death.... The latest attempt to convince them to get the jab came just a few days after the government announced
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Wealth inequality in Greece has grown at faster rate than eurozone peers during crisis
SocietyThe economic crisis has increased wealth inequality in Greece at a much faster pace than in other... and Spain. In Greece the top decile has a 56.1 percent share of wealth at the moment, which puts... in its group where there has been what Credit Suisse terms a “rapid rise” in inequality between 2007
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Under scrutiny, government defends vaccine strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsrecord has come under scrutiny despite a recent increase in the rate at which jabs are being..., the data shows that the vaccination rate in Greece has picked up over the last few weeks... under greater scrutiny. The government has been trying to defend its performance on vaccinations
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Newsletter 296 - 14/05/2021
, the data shows that the vaccination rate in Greece has picked up over the last few weeks... that the rate at which doses are being administered has picked up since the authorities brought forward... show that Greece has administered at least one dose 25% of the population, which is almost five points
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Govt plays down Omicron threat despite wariness and high Covid death rate
PoliticsGreek Politicson Sunday. There were also 647 patients with the coronavirus in ICUs. Greece currently has one... of November. Based on a 7-day rolling average, Greece has 8.9 deaths per million every day, versus and EU... strategy in dealing with the pandemic has been a total a success. “The pandemic could have literally
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