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Vaccination certificate: What is valid in regards to the expiration date – The scenarios for our country.
At a time when coronavirus cases are at extremely high levels and some countries in Europe are already imposing harsh measures – with the Netherlands already on the verge of partial lockdown in Greece and the EU, the debate on the validity of the vaccination certificate is slowly opening. While the third dose of vaccines have already started to be administered to the general population.
The debate at European level on the validity of the vaccination certificate is expected to officially begin in the near future as the fourth wave of the pandemic spreads threateningly across Europe. Informal discussions have already taken place in recent months and the aim is to draw up a central line on this issue at European level.
According to information from ethnos.gr, however, in the event that a central European position on this issue is not finally determined, our country will try to give its own answer, which will be determined after a meeting of scientists and government officials. According to the same sources, the period for which the vaccination certificate will be valid after the second dose of the vaccine will be from 6 to 8 months.
In this context, the Secretary General of Primary Care of the Ministry of Health Marios Themistokleous left an open window for the expiration of certificates after a period of time.
Speaking to SKAI, he pointed out that the discussion for the expiration of the certificate has been opened both in the scientific part and in the administrative part. “In France, certificates expired at the age of 65, there is a discussion at the level of EU ministers, if there is no joint decision, our country can move in a different direction,” he said.
Regarding the possibility of a fourth dose, he commented that logically it will not be needed, as the up to scientific data say that with the third you will gain a permanent degree of immunity. “It has not been clarified, but logically so far it will probably not need a fourth,” he noted.
At the same time, the government continues to focus on the third dose of vaccine and intensifies at the communication level its calls to the citizens to rush to the vaccination centres. This is because government officials estimate that those who did not get the vaccine from the beginning – about 4 in 10 citizens – have a crystallized opinion and are not going to change their minds. That is why the government believes that those who have received both doses of the vaccine should be further protected.
In addition, according to valid information of ethnos.gr, the way of approaching young people is in the process of redesign. Target; To increase the attendance at the vaccination centres. New methods are currently being sought to convince the younger ages, and the positions of the relevant government officials will move in this direction in the near future.
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source:- ethnos.gr
