Greece’s government announced on Wednesday it will scrap all the fines imposed on the elderly who never got vaccinated against Covid-19, a move which has sparked heated debate in Greece. The decision comes amid a simultaneous outbreak of three respiratory infections, including Covid-19 and influenza. Nektaria Stamouli, the deputy editor in chief of Kathimerini’s English Edition and Politico’s Eastern Mediterranean correspondent, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss this latest move by the government, look at the reactions it has sparked, and break down how this new wave of infections is impacting the country.

Read Nektaria Stamouli’s latest article in Kathimerini: From fines to ‘olive branch’, government scraps vaccine policy

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