A Greek Orthodox priest blesses students in a classroom of a junior high school in Athens (Petros Giannakouris/AP)Greece introduced mandatory weekly testing for all unvaccinated workers as it struggles to boost vaccination rates that are lagging behind the European Union average. Some 56% of Greece’s residents have been fully vaccinated, while the average rate in the EU is just over 60%. Greece has imposed vaccine mandates for health care workers and allows the vaccination of children starting at age 12. “Unfortunately this de-escalation is accompanied by the deaths of our fellow citizens who are unvaccinated. “It hurts me to know that these people could have lived, but they fell victim to conspiracy theories.”

Source: Irish Independent September 13, 2021 09:00 UTC