Unvaccinated Greeks facing £85 monthly fine

Prime minister insists the levy for unjabbed over-60s is ‘health fee’ rather than ‘punishment’

Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
(Image credit: Daniel Leal/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Covid-19 vaccinations are to be made mandatory for all Greek citizens aged over 60 – and those who refuse will be fined €100 euros (£85) for every month that they go unjabbed, the government has warned.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told a cabinet meeting yesterday that the levies, to be imposed by the tax authorities, will be used to help fund “Greek hospitals fighting the pandemic” as the new Omicron variant spreads, reported Bloomsberg.

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